Flowers
Festival - Floriile |
The Flowers Festival is
a syncretic holiday, combining beliefs or practices, which take place on
that Sunday that comes before Easter. It is dedicated to the Roman Goddess
of Flowers. During the day Romanians go to the church with a young branch
from a willow tree to be sanctified. Then the people embellish the windows
and the doors with them. It is said that the willow branches symbolize
the fertility of spring. On this day nobody works and people eat fish.
They symbolize the fertility. The little March, a tiny jewel made of tin
with a red and white cord is hung in a wild rose or in a blossomed fruit
tree.
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Această sărbătoare are loc
în duminica ce precede Paștele si are caracter sincretic.
În această zi nu se lucrează
si se mănâncă în special pește. Casele se împodobesc cu ramuri de salcie.
Ele simbolizează fertilitatea. Mărtisorul se agață într-un măceș sau pom
înflorit. |
Ana
Maria Ene
Artwork: Laura Nedelcu
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