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Ellada BabayanNew Year in Ukraine
KIEV, Ukraine - Ukrainians all over the world celebrated their
New Year on the night of January 13-14 - the Old New Year. January
14 is popular in Ukrainian culture for meeting and greeting
relatives and friends, and visiting the graves of dead members of
the family and, of course, visiting churches.
The tradition to celebrate Old New Year is associated with the
divergence of two calendars: the Julian calendar "old style" and
Gregorian - calendar "new style."Basil evening is popular for
eating the best and most delicious food that is prepared at home:
pies, sausage, meat, pancakes, and drinking beer, wine, and
vodka.
Then they all sit at the table, and the oldest of the women
begins to stir the porridge in the pot, saying some ritual words.
Then they all get up from the table, and the porridge is put into
the oven with a bow. Cooked porridge fetches from the oven and is
carefully considered. If the pot is full of nourishing porridge and
crumbly, then you can expect a happy year and a rich harvest, and
the next morning the porridge is eaten. If you get a cracked pot,
it does not promise anything good to the household, and this mess
should not be eaten, but instead thrown into the hole for a chance
to change destiny.
Children go from door to door and sing Christmas carols in
exchange for candies and chocolates. This is very similar to the
American Halloween trick-or-treat tradition, though the Ukrainian
children do not dress in costumes for Old New Years.
Carol of bells, its very popular song and good song with
interasting words.Song translated only in English. Ukrainian
children sing that song in Ukrainian language.
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Carol of bells
Harkhowthebells,Sweetsilverbells, Allseemtosay,Throwcaresaway
Christmasishere,Bringinggoodcheer, Toyoungandold,Meekandthebold.
Ding-dongding-dongThatistheirsongWithjoyfulring,Allcaroling.OneseemstohearWordsofgoodcheer
FromeverywhereFillingtheair.Ohhowtheypound,Raisingthesound,O'erhillanddale,
Tellingtheirtale.Gailytheyring WhilepeoplesingSongsofgoodcheer,
Christmasishere.Merry,Merry,Merry,MerryChristmas,Merry,Merry,Merry,MerryChristmas!Onontheysend,
Onwithoutend, Theirjoyfultone Toeveryhome.Ding-dongding-dong
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