15 February - Thursday
The loudspeaker is a meeting. The loudspeaker serves as a boundary between winter and spring, which explains why the second name of the Feast of Meeting is explained in the common people by the meeting of the winter with the spring: the Winter met with Spring in the spring; in the meeting of the sun for the summer, winter frost turned. And this is the only day in winter, when a thunderstorm can occur - you can hear thunder and see lightning. Therefore, the Serbs call this holiday "Svjetlo". The day is dedicated to Perun's wife Dodole-Malanice (Lightning) - the goddess of lightning and feeding the children.
The loudspeaker at the height of winter reminds us that even among the most terrible disasters there can be a ray of light - like a bright lightning in the midst of a fierce winter. There is always hope. The Slavs celebrated Malanitsa for giving them hope for an early spring.
Commoners of the West-Russian region with Sretensky candles had the custom this day to set fire to each other crosswise in the hair, considering it very useful for the headache. In the agricultural life, as of the weather on the Gromnitsa, the villagers judge the upcoming spring and summer, especially about the weather, the harvest. About the spring they judged as follows: What is the weather for the Sfense, so will spring be. If a thaw sets in on Sretenie - spring is early warm, if the cold is wrapped up - spring is cold; The snow that fell on this day - to a long and rainy spring. If snow falls across the road, the spring is late and cold. It was on this day that they used to say: the sun for summer - winter for frost. And also: there will be a snowball - in the spring yeast. If the snowstorm sweeps the road, spring is late and cold; If the heat - early and warm. On the Crescent in the morning snow is the harvest of the early loaves; if at noon - medium; if in the evening - late. On the Capture of drops - a crop of wheat.
From that day, it was possible to drive the cattle out of the stable to the pen - for warming up and warming up, they also began to prepare seeds for sowing, to cleanse them, to earn money, to check for germination. Whitewashed fruit trees. Also feed (feed) the breeding birds: the chickens are given oats to better sweep, and the eggs were larger and tastier. The peasants usually on this day made calculations of the stocks of bread, hay, straw and other forages: whether they were packed in half, and if not, they made corrections to the feeding troughs, and they themselves pinched the belts.
Still our ancestors worshiped the Sun on the day of the feast: the priests of the Sun performed rites of greetings and greetings of the sun, called for warmth. And when the sun was at the zenith, they burned a doll made of straw - the so-called Erzovka. The doll was the Spirit of Fire and the God of Love. She was adorned with gifts and gifts - flowers, beautiful ribbons, festive clothes, and people addressed her with requests for prosperity and prosperity. It was believed that by burning Erzovka destroys the cold, brings a warm summer and a good harvest. And while the doll was worn on a pole, lovers turned to her for help in love and with requests for happiness in the house. To the table baked pancakes, round, golden - they symbolized the sun. This was called for his return. In Kostroma province, the peasants baked bread and fed these livestock livestock to protect animals from disease. On this day bonfires were burning, people were enjoying themselves with ritual dances. It's impossible to miss the holiday - the God of Love does not accept sadness, but for joyous meeting answers with joy.
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