lamus-dworski:catherinelefashion:lamus-dworski:Christmas season in old Polish countryside, recreated
lamus-dworski:catherinelefashion:lamus-dworski:Christmas season in old Polish countryside, recreated in Museum of Mazovian Countryside in Sierpc, Poland.Photos by Muzeum Wsi Mazowieckiej w Sierpcu.Omg they also have yule goat lolSecond picture? It is a turoń :) I love that custom so let me explain it a little. It’s a very old tradition rooted in old-Slavic winter solstice rites, and the animal as well as its name is based on a species of wild cattle called in Polish tur (in English: aurochs) that became extinct in 17th century. Some elements of the yule goat are indeed similar to the turoń, especially if we take the old customs of wassailing into account. In Poland this custom has faded away during the era of communism, but turoń is still nowadays accompanying groups called kolędnicy (roughly translatable to carolers) who go door-to-door singing songs and make harmless pranks in exchange for treats and small money. It happens after Christmas - throughout January and even February. It is connected to old Slavic rites of the days growing longer after the winter solstice. Turoń was symbolizing mainly fertility and abundance. During the wassailing of carolers a person dressed as the turoń is for example pretending to fall asleep (to ‘die’) and the other carolers don’t let it doze off (helping him ‘stay awake’ or forcing its ‘rebirth’ - it’s connected to old beliefs of a ‘rebirth of the Sun’ after the winter solstice).Anyways, in case someone reading this is interested, I have two tags with other pictures and more info: turoń for the creature, and kolędowanie for the general custom. -- source link
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