Transcript Easter traditions in Romania

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EASTER IN ROMANIA
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Meaning
Easter represents one of the
most important annual Christian
celebration, which comemorates
the essential event of christianity,
"Jesus's Rebirth", God's Son, in the
3rd day after his crucifixion in the
Good Friday.
The Way of calculation for the Saint
Easter
The date of Easter's celebration is
based on 2 astronomical phenomena:
spring equinox and the rotation of the
Moon around the Earth.So, Easter is
celebrated the next Sunday after the
full moon after the spring equinox.
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Christian Easter lasts 40 days. The first 3 of the
40 pascal days are holiday in Romania. In the
orthodox church people prepare to welcome
the pascal celebrations through "Easter's Lent",
also called "The Great Lent", which lasts 8
days.
The chronology of the pascal
celebrations in Romania
The last week of the Easter's Lent is
called "The Holly Week"(The Passion
Week) and starts on Palm Sunday, when
is celebrated Jesus's arrival in
Jerusalem. "The Holly Week" celebrates
Jesus's capture, his crucifixion and his
death. During this final week, the
churches hold services called "evening
service during passion week" every
evening.
The chronology of the pascal
celebrations in Romania
From Monday to Thursday is commemorated the final
meal, Jesus's capture and closure(sending to prison).
Thursday is called "the Great Thurday". Friday, called "the
Great Friday" it is comemmorated the crucifixion and Jesus' s
death on the cross.On this day,people keep "black lent",
which means that they eat nothing. Romanians usually attend
the services during The Great Week.
The chronology of pascal
celebrations in Romania
On Saturday, people go to church for the
midnight service, or Resurrection. At midnight the
priests call the Romanians who have come to the
church to take the saint light. Usually Romanians
hold their candles lit until they arrive at home.
The chronology of pascal
celebrations in Romania
The Bright Week starts with the night of
ressurection, when the gates of Heaven open and stay
opened till the Elevation, while the gates of Hell are
closed.
Easter traditions in
Romania
On Easter, the tradition says that people
must wear something new. At the
Ressurection christians go not only with
their pure soul, but also with a cleaned
body and dressed in new clothes.
In the great week, the tradition is that all the housewives
must do a general clean up in the house, in the yard and in the
gardens, as a symbol of the rebirth.
Easter traditions in Romania
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The spreadest christian
tradition is painting the red eggs,
whose presence is indispensable at
the Easter meal. The eggs are
painted in the great Thursday. In
some parts of the country eggs are
ornamented. It's operated with
symbols(soon,moon,cross), with
models from nature(plants, animals,
home objects) and models of
traditional fabrics.
The painting of the eggs
The popular technology, which turns the egg into artwork,
has more stages:
1.fresh chicken and duck eggs are chosen, they are sank in
water(fresh eggs go to the bottom, old eggs rise to the
surface);
2. the eggs must be big and beautiful, with thick crustand
without bumps;
3.they are softly washed with hot water and vinegar to avoid
breaking them and to catch paint uniformly, without spots;
4.eggs are put into an orizontal position into a bowl of water
to choose the bubble of air on the edge, not to the ends;
5. the eggs are boilt to small fire not to break the crust;
6.the plant or chimical paint is prepared, each colour into a
clean bowl.
Traditional pascal food in Romania
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The Pasture
• It's baked once a year, at Easter. It has round
shape, in the middle it has a cross and it's
decorated on the edge with braided dough.
Before baking it, it's filled with cow - cheese
and raisins.
Traditional pascal food in Romania
The lamb
• It represents Jesus sacrificed for the humans' sins
and died as an innocent lamb. Romanians prepare
different lamb dishes: steak,haggis (tripe)
Lamb steak
Lamb tripe
Ingredients: eggs, lamb liver,
bread soaked in milk, green
onion, parsley, dill, cream,
salt, pepper,sheet of dough
Lamb tripe
Easter traditions in Romania
Just like Christmas, Easter is
a very important celebration for
Romanians, a celebration which
brings the family together and a
good oportunuty for joy. That's why
Romanians have lunch with their
family and friends at Easter. Before
the meal, eggs are knocked , saying
" Jesus has ressurected!/ He really
has!"