The main festivals in Russia

Thanksgiving is a big traditional festival. It falls in the eighth week before Easter and lasts for seven days. Each day is different according to folk custom. The first day is the Day of Welcoming Spring; the second day is the Day of Entertainment; the third day is the Day of Food; the fourth day is the Day of Drunkenness; the fifth day is the Day of the Mother-in-Law's Party ( the mother-in law feasts on her newly married son-in-law on this day); the sixth day is the Day of the Little Nuns' Meeting of New Sisters-in-Law ( the day on which an unmarried woman visits her fiancé's sisters); and the seventh day is the Day of the Sending of the Winter and of Forgiveness ( when people string each other up and ask for forgiveness for what they have said or done).

2. Spring Plowing Festival

Spring Plowing Festival is usually held every year when the snow has melted and spring production is about to begin.

On the Spring Plowing Festival, the ancient Russians used to eat plow-shaped and harrow-shaped bread baked from rye; on the first day of spring plowing, they went down to the ground in clean clothes, carrying bread, salt, and eggs. When three furrows were plowed, they took out the bread and salt, ate some for themselves, and fed the rest to the cows, after which they buried the eggs in the earth in order to sacrifice to the earth, praying for good winds and rain and good harvests in the year.

3, Poetry Festival

June 6 is the Russian Poetry Festival. This festival is set up to commemorate the great Russian poet Pushkin, because he was born on June 6, 1799, he is famous not only in Russia, but also known throughout the world. His famous works, such as the long narrative poem "Yevgeny Onegin" and the novel "The Captain's Daughter", are very popular among readers, and Russians consider Pushkin to be the founder of the national standardized language. Since June 6, 1880, Poetry Day is also known as Pushkin Day, this day on Pushkin Square erected a monument to Pushkin, which is the first monument built by Russians for the poet.

4, Birch Festival

June 24 is the Russian Birch Festival, which was originally known as Summer Festival. The main character of this festival is the birch tree. Birch is a symbol of Russia, Russia's "national tree".

On the day of the festival, people use birch trees to decorate all corners of their homes, buy "birch twigs bath broom" as a souvenir of the festival, and decorate the windows of stores with patterns and symbols made from the bark of the birch tree. People come to parks, squares, riversides, and forest clearings, sit on the grass and under the shade of trees, drink beer and other beverages, sing, dance, and play games until the next morning. For farmers who work hard all year round, have fun on Birch Day, can eliminate fatigue, so that they can be energized into the intense wheat harvest.