2018-04-17 The Radonitsa. Parents day in Russia. Day of Commemoration of the Dead in Russia /Bratsk, Siberia/. Air temperature + 11 ° C / + 51.8 ° F
Parents day in Russia. The Radonitsa - The commemoration day of the dead in Russia is celebrated a week after Easter, on Tuesday. Another name is Parent's Day, or Parent's Tuesday. On this day, the Russians come to the graves to their deceased relatives, remove trash on their graves, paint fences and tables, bring new artificial flowers and wreaths, remove old ones. For the commemoration they bring with them a memorial meal - easter colored eggs, pancakes and kutya / porridge from rice and raisins /, Easter cakes. Traditionally, part of the food brought is left on the grave - it's a treat for the deceased. The rest is eaten. For the decease drink vodka - the first wineglass pours out onto the grave of the deceased, a second wineglass
left on the grave, the rest is drunk, remembering with the kind words of a dead relative or friend. On this day the most popular product on the market is artificial flowers, they are sold everywhere on the street, both in the market and near the cemetery.
Radonitsa is an ancient Slavic holiday, part of the holiday of Krasnaya Gorka / Christianity assimilated this holiday, making the traditions of Krasnaya Gorka the traditions of Easter Passion Week /
Radonitsa is one of the four days of commemoration in the annual cycle of the Slavs and the Celts. Now of these holidays only two have survived:
- descendants of the Celts and Scandinavians mark Halloween / it is believed that on this day the dead go on a visit to the living /
- the descendants of the Slavs celebrate Radonitsa / the day when the living come to visit the dead /

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