RUSSIN TRADITIOS.
Almost every nation and country has a reputation of some kind. The
Englishmen are reputed to be cold, reserved, rather naughty easy-going and
fond of sport. They are the nation of stay-at-homes. «There is no place
like home», they say. The English man’s home is his castle is a saying
known all over the world. They prefer a small house built for one family,
with a small garden are a fire in the centre of the house. They like
animals very much and follow the traditions concerning food and meals. We
know much about English traditions and customs but now I’d like to say a
few words about the traditions of my native land-Russia. First, about
Russian people. To my mind, the main traits of their characters which
differ them from other people are hospitality, their «open heart», «golden
hands», wise Russian fairytales reflect this wisdom. Our people are
hardworking, patient, never loosing hope for better life. The Russians are
the talented nation. Russia gave the world beautiful names of Pushkin and
Lermontov, Chaikovsky and Repin, thousands of names of world famous poets,
writers, composers, scientists. All of them are the pride of the nation
because they sand the beauty of our nature and people.
Besides these great names in literature and music, our country is
famous for Russian traditional specific crafts its skilled craftsmen.
Painted boxes of Palekh, coloured shawls of Pavlov Posad, clay toys of
Dymkovo, laces of Vologda are known all over the world.
The names of Gzhel and Khokhloma are considered to be the symbols of
Russia as well as matryoshkas and samovars. The history of khokhloma goes
back into the 17th century Producing of tableware-dishes, spoons, mugs was
begun at that time in the villages of Suomino and Khokhloma in the Nizhniy
Novgorod Province. On the banks of the great Russian river Volga. Many
carpenters, painters have been working since then reviving traditions of
old masters. The Khokhloma style is characterized by using plant elements
in painting the tableware. The prevailing colours are black, yellow,
golden, green and red. And nowadays this craft is sure to be saved, it will
be developed and brought into the future by the new generation of painters.
The reviving of old crafts is connected with the reviving of the
traditional arts of all peoples inhabiting our big country. There are 100
of them. They revive their culture, costumes, dances and language. It is
the revival of our souls. Now we celebrate the forgotten holidays - Troisa,
Maslenitsa, Easter. We again sing Russian folk songs and chastushki, dance
Barinya and perform khorovods, ride in troikas. Traditional Russian cooking
is world-famous for such dishes as okroshka, shi, pelment, kurnik, kvass.
We begin to build and reconstruct churches. The example of it is the
building of the Cathedral of Christ the Savior in Moscow. It is the symbol
of reviving human feelings, national pride and patriotism.
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