Mystery and magic surround the celebrations of Christmas and New Year in Ukraine. Therefore, it is expected that there are many beliefs and signs connected to these holidays. We encourage you to discover the most interesting of them. Christmas beliefs Since Christmas is a family holiday, all beliefs are mainly related to the family's history and lineage. According to the ancestors’ beliefs, deceased relatives' souls descend from heaven on Christmas Eve. They return to Earth for a short time to see how their loved ones live. Therefore, before sitting on...
How well do you know Ukrainian New Year and Christmas traditions?
1/10 In the old days, in winter, Ukrainians hung * on the central beam of a house 1- iron rooster 2- wooden hare 3- clay horse 4- straw spider 2/10 In the XIX century, on the eve of Christmas, the goodman (master of a household) invited * to the house to eat kutia (sweet grain pudding) 1- Saint Mykolai (Nicholas) 2- frost, gray wolf, dark storms and evil winds 3- district governor, spravnyk (head of police), and police officer 4- cow, sheep, and dog 3/10 By tradition, on...
Traditional Ukrainian cuisine. Food culture
Having in its arsenal thousands of recipes, Ukrainian cuisine is fairly considered to be the richest one among the cuisines of Slavic people. Secret methods of cooking The prominent feature of the national Ukrainian cuisine is the combined method for heat treatment of meat and vegetables with or without the use of sunflower oil. After, so called “Ukrainian frying” – boiling, stewing, and baking happens. The critical factor in preparing traditional food is the place where it is cooked. In Ukraine such a traditional place was a hearth. Nowadays...