New Year

On the date of the new year  in Georgia often changed. In the seventh century of the new year was celebrated in August, the seventh century to the ninth century before - in September, after the New Year was in March.                                             .mekvles phenomenon

In general, the new year is a good way to "forget the old one and start a new life" that drew Optional limit. So everyone is trying to think less of the bad old days of the new campaign and select those people with whom you will feel better. In addition to the New Year is one of the most massive and the celebration of its main attractions is that they are suitable for all the family celebrated. Traditionally, this is a celebration of the contents of the table and close families shemovlasa-congratulation blessing in the order in which certain demands. Order was easily established, at 12 hours a traditionalist people own homes, their family members are meeting, after which the agreed service begins. But before mekvleobis important ritual to be conducted. Mekvleoba, hospitality tradition originates. Guests, traditionally, the family and the dignity of man has a claim - that the dignity of the new year in the first minutes follow.

New Year's early Christian rituals

Such rituals are performed in Georgia: New Year's grape harvest in order to obtain a special bread, which Kartli, Imereti and Racha grapes had shape. Guria, in the form of cake pans and Aguna bread called. New Year's Eve party at the head of the household jalabiturt, honey candles burning, and there was a part of the cellar, where the wine press stood, took the cheese, wine and pig's head. Head of the family with an ax or a hoe face winepress quas singing and beating on behalf of the deity:

"Aguna, Aguna gadmiare,

Bakhvi, ASKANA, cross,

Our estate grapes,

Others estate sheet,

In our own country-basket baskets

Others estate kimpal-kimpali "etc.

The song repeated three times and small miuskhdebodnen's table. Apparently, there is still time kerpttaqvanismtsemlobis Aguna fertility and abundance, was regarded as a protector. Aguna-Aguna similar rule had Samegrelo region. New Year baked four Gid'del khachapuri (grape picking conoid basketry) and brought the girl to the cellars was pressed. At the same time, a small boy carrying a glass of wine from a jug of wine and taking shape to meet the girl. The fight was held, the winner of the cellar and gave all its spoil, where family members were gathered. The ritual began drinking and eating, and here too the winepress gadaabrunebdnen Aguna on wealth or mental disposition. If a boy struggling to win that year's harvest would be good for bread and wine,

Georgia is the largest celebration of Christmas and the peculiar rituals - to walk from house to house and the men's "procession" of the song. Think that the refrain words and ritual name "Alilo" derived "from Hallelujah". This ordinance is almost uniformly held in different parts. Singers skilled in the procession were the traditional chant-song performance. Their voices spread over the side of the door coming

Georgia, the new year was accompanied by a necessary attribute - Chichilaki that "Basil tsverebsa" also called. It is connected with the name of St. Basil's and, of course, to establish the Christian period. The decorated wooden symbols of the very old and productivity related. Think that was epitomized skhivebsa Chichilaki its solar chips. Cross on top of the image to make and dried fruit, fruit, ivy leaves the Stasi. He took a prominent place on New Year's khoncha. On the eve of Epiphany were cremated and his ashes Basil's beard was pressed last year's troubles. Oral folklore, as if the first Chichilaki virgin wife, the righteous Joseph (he was the carpenter was) made little Jesus entertain.

New Year rituals in different parts vary, but the goal is the same for any of them - everybody must be met to celebrate the New Year for each family happiness, health, khvavi, bringing goodness and joy. "Shemovdgi leg, accept you, God! My leg - traces of the angel! Year-virtues of kindness, peace, barakisa, love, breeding! God bless you man-diatsi, your children, the cradle of abundance, bread and wine aging, Zvare-size fields, tskhvar- multiplicity of beef, and all good stumrita moketit! Happy new year! "

Kartli-Kakheti before the New Year in the family and bring the water source umdzrakhi yard consisted in sprinkling. Mekvle head of the family or other guests were having a New Year's family after her mother was carrying loaves of bread, cheese, meat, wine, gozinaki, fruits, cereals and churchkhela. Sometimes live chicken for him. If not set foot mekvle threshold, scattered wheat, corn or barley grain, to the new year and khvaviani been abundant.

Before coming to the head of the family in charge of Imereti mekvlis, khoragit khonchit full house for the Lord and pass through three times Talk for reproduction, health, and abundance khvavi asked. Khoncha the pig's head, barbecue, boiled chicken, Khatchapuri, bread and sweet cakes gherghilis laid. House three times After visiting family members in the family of the elderly members of his hearth, was a burning wood stick several times tinge and ashlil sparks such prayers daadevnebda: so many gold in our family, so the bread and wine, the salts, so many cows, so many chickens; Let this year to spark a generous nationalities.

Samegrelo nut carved Chichilaki bambita and toys to the Stasi, was lying close to the fruit, sweets, cooked pumpkin, cheese, and wine pelamu. Samegrelo mekvles, mekuchkhurs, pre-elect and his family were preparing to meet carefully.

Racha in the previous year mekvles dastsdida family well, he will be elected for three years. In three years mekvle family New Year wine jug, cooked ham, fried chicken, apples driven in coins, Chichilaki and lighting a candle in the first congratulating.

Racha lobianebis.Machakhelata New Year table, wine, ham, honey, nuts, figs, dried apples and decorated.

On the arrival of the new head of the family was in the hands of the Gobi Lechkhoumi. Racha mekvled grandfather considered.

It was the beginning of a new year full of wine jug in the hands of a younger son went with vineyard, where he blessed the vineyards, the little daalotsvinebda; There wine consisted in sprinkling, then the barn, with a horseshoe, with chureb then go. Then the house of representatives and the names of praise.

New Year's Eve in the region reluctant to walk away, killing the New Year have grown fat pig, baked cakes and sweet cakes with images of crosses. Whatever the weather may have been, mepekhes nights out to gaetia to enter the holy family and to make good leg. Head of the family at dawn to stand up, to take care of, then he should have been home with candles in their hands and to bless the family.

Guria Kalandoba called Christmas and New Year. Kalandoba slaughtered pigs, eggs and cheese cakes pans Gurian, nazukebi, prepared sausage and Satsivi. Kalandoba Chichilaki was the main attribute that must be mortuliqo. The new head of the family since the beginning of the wine cellar and still be visiting the barn, and then the house red wine was a part of the family and the country, and dalotsavda. New Year's Eve in Guria mealiloeebi walked and sang. Those candies, fruit and money collected.

Ravine and Mtiuleti New Year ritual procession beginning with the elders, the icon of St. George the flag. As soon as the bells heralded the New Year, he was leaving church elders are to each other, then the community in congratulating the New Year and wished peace and abundance. Then the glory of the name of St. George, and mtavardidmotsamis slaughter slaughtered and began the celebrations.

Therefore, in the New Year's Eve, the women will be brought back, if things had been on loan; Logging and baked sweets samekvleo agrees that "Goga's bull" was called. Here mekvled invited as a man who has a good heart, a good leg and had a great experience. Exactly twelve hours mekvle family was going, he was head of the family agrees samekvleo miartmevda. Mekvle him chirping away barrows so that the cake stand Talk to the family fortune in total The last happened. It has also happened that they trusted mekvleobas Tush sheep dog, as they believed that it was "good marks" had. New year for each family member's name on the fate of various cakes image pans. Early in the morning to take out the head of the family, to bring snow and mimoebnia home. After the blessing of the head of family fun in the New Year began.

Abkhazia New Year khichkhuamas called. The whole family gathered at the family home, opened a special pitcher, pans with honey and walnuts for kadebi, Apkhazura bread. Head of the family sacrifices slaughtered slaughtered beef liver, and kidneys piltvita hands went to the chapel, sprinkled the wine, and then the family returned to the family and friends congratulating the new year.

Mekvle will be in aid of a small child to clean their hearts and hands to make a family of goodness. Mekvles hands holding a tray with sweets and potato were Khinklis. Local New Year's table cheese khabizginebi, gozinaki, boiled chicken decorated

In the head of the family's permission, the family's youngest son, congratulating the new year. Hostess around umdzrakh moapkurebda water. Table were khachapuri, Halvdan, kharcho, Burmese - honey and walnut cake, candle vodka. .

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CHRISTMAS TRADITIONS

1) Budel and stilts.

2) log-pulling.

3) Christmas morning to get up early for the entire year could

get up early.

4) If the waters before Christmas three times freezes will be rich

summer.

5) Christmas night, strangers do not keep in the house.

NEW YEAR'S TRADITIONS

1)New Year's Day need to eat well, the whole year will be good to

eat

2) What New Year's Eve sees a dream, it will fill in the next year.

3) If someone comes to the new year, it will come throughout the

year.

4) If the new year at the bar then will be fed throughout the year.

5) if the new year, the first day of rupture dishes, then there will be

a happy year.

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kalanda  

   In Guria, the, New Year  is know as Kalanda, it coicides with the day of Saint Basil the Great. The main attribute of kalanda is Chichilaki-a small Christmas tree made of dried hazelnut shavings. Chichilaki symbolized the Tree of Life. it is made on the day before the New Year's Eve and decorated with various ritual things like bread , colored ribbons and frut. Chichilaki is also considered to be the symbol of wealth and wellbeing. They are kept inside homes until the Epiphany holiday and then burned or thrown into the river

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Christmas steaming.

Christmas ritual bathhouse was intendend to prepere people

for the victory celebration. The bathhouse was fred the day

before it was at its zenith or midsummers day. Washing in a

bathhouse not only physical, but also from the your –

symbolically energeticaly in poor, who built up a successful

years and of the energy cycle. Or, in other words – white

washed her soul.

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New year in Georgia: traditons and eculiarites

In recent years, Georgia has ado ted many modern traditons: new

dishes on the festve table, celebratons in a restaurant or a club instead

of traditonally family dinner

First of all, there s ecial symbols in festve decoraton here Even if you

walk through the main streets and avenues of Tbilisi during the

holidays, you will notce that the lights in the city feature symbolic

images: fgures of angels, the star of Bethlehem, alm branches which

symbolize eace Not just in the ca ital, but es ecially in the regions

there is also a traditonal New ear tree not a fr or ine, but chichilaki

This curly decoraton comes from Guria region and symbolizes 't Basil’s

beard, whose name day falls on January 1st Peo le carve chichilaki

from a branch of walnut It should be dried for 2-3 days, then the skin is

carefully removed and shavings are made 'ome families decorate

chichilaki with some toys or candies, some ut it next to fruits and

sweets, so that the coming year will be sweet and successful At the

end of the holidays - usually on January 19 - chichilaki is brought to the

wine cellar untl next year, or is burnt, so that all ossible hardshi s also

turn into ashes

Immediately afer the New ear midnight, mekvle arrives to every

home Usually it is a family friend or acquaintance who has a “lucky

foot” and brings good luck and ha iness Mekvle also comes with

sweets and good wishes, ros erity and eace for the whole family

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Christmas beliefs

Lf a lot of snow before christmas, the sumer solstce will be a lot of a lot

of snow.

To have a lot of money,then christmas eve black cat carry around the

Christmas night go barefoot apple trees futer, then the neet year woll be

th circle of the apple.

Christmas morning to get up early for the entre year cault get up early/

Christmas eve draws with chalk on each door fell,then the demon will go

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