By Andrei Harnagea In this article I will tell about a custom from Huși, Vaslui county. My parents come from the countryside, which made me grow up more with my grandparents, in the village where they come from. At the beginning of spring it was a tradition to go to my grandparents, to spend the …
Deochi is a superstition of the Romanian people according to which if you admire someone too much, you can curse them, or, in a magical way, hurt them. Through a very admiring look, or on the contrary, through a look full of envy, the person looked at can be “hurt” and start to feel bad …
Archangelovden is a major autumn holiday in the Bulgarian calendar, on which the Bulgarian Orthodox Church celebrates the Council of the Archangels on November 8 every year (the Council of St. Archangel Michael and the other heavenly incorporeal forces). In many places village gatherings are organized on this day, health services are held. On Archangel’s …
Phrases that are spread by oral tradition, are known to almost everyone in Hungary, and are not very long, are called proverbs. Their content is usually not without philosophical depths, and their main themes include morality, moral issues and philosophical reflections on various life situations. Their knowledge is not linked to age, gender or social …
