Re: [Cz-L] Malanka

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  The Malanka mask called " Jid" was among the most authentic.
Hardy
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From: "jerome schatten" <romers_at_shaw.ca>
To: "czernowitz-L" <czernowitz-l_at_list.cornell.edu>
Sent: Friday, January 18, 2013 6:48 PM
Subject: [Cz-L] Malanka

> Now it all makes sense... See how the dominant culture in your old home
> town celebrates New Year's (new year's eve):
>
>>From Natasha Pechenkina, this link:
> http://kamienczanka.livejournal.com/234450.html
>
> Malanka (Russian: Щедрый вечер Schedry vecher — Generous Eve,
> Belarusian: Шчодры вечар, Ukrainian: Щедрий вечiр) is a Russian,
> Ukrainian and Belarusian folk holiday celebrated on January 13, which is
> New Year's Eve in accordance with the Julian calendar (see Old New
> Year).
>
> Malanka commemorates the feast day of Saint Melania the Younger. On this
> night in Ukraine, carolers traditionally went from house to house
> playing pranks or acting out a small play (similar to Vertep), with a
> bachelor dressed in women's clothing leading the troop. Malanka caps off
> the festivities of the Christmas holidays, and is often the last
> opportunity for partying before the solemn period of Lent which precedes
> Easter.
>
> Why didn't I know this? <g>.
> jerome
>
>

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