Garlic salad - customs on Saint Andrew's Day by Mikan
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I hope you'll enjoy this presentation...
Sorry for too many explanations - (I didn't know what to cut!), but I hope that some of you will have time to read !
Happy anniversary to all my friends called Andrei(Andrew) and Andreea!
Enjoy your staying, my friends! Thank you for the visit!
Enjoy a salad of garlic - it is very good in the cold season!
Respectfully yours, Mihai.
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On 30th november, Orthodox Church celebrates Saint Andrew. Together with his brother, Peter, they were the first apprentices of Jesus Christ. The Holy Bible says that the apostles had to draw cuts for choosing the region where they would make known the christian knowledges (religion). Saint Andrew has arrived down
here - in old Dacia - bringing the seeds of Christianity and because of this reason, our Orthodox Church considers Saint Andrew spiritual guardian of Romania. Saint Andrew have had an martyr end, being crucified in Patras (somewhere near Corint), head downwards, on an X form cross, that is called nowadays "Saint Andrew's Cross".
However, this feast, like a great part of romanian heritage folk traditions, has its roots in the archaic pre-Christian European civilizations, some of ancient Thracian-Dacian and Dacian-Roman origins, and it has also been generated by interethnic contexts, by contacts with neighboring ethnic groups and people in
the area. Many of the Romanian customs, traditions and beliefs are linked to the
ocupations and environment that have defined and secured their lives generation upon generation. Other customs, numerous and highly significant too, have sprung from the Christian belief, which spread in this territory at the very beginning
of Christianity. The celebrations around the year that mark the calendar are in fact the living mirror of Romanian philosophy. People have been involved in observing all these rites and celebrations for ages, which certainly shaped and fed a sense of community life and identity.
Tradition and celebration have been continuously linked and experienced intensively on both individual and community levels that mark people's attachment to a greater cosmic cycle.
Traditional Romanian ceremonies harmoniously include both the sacred and the profane, magic and Christian practices and norms, resulting in
peculiar aesthetic achievements, and reveal a special sense of humour.
The days between 14th november and 7 december represents, in fact, the beginning of the New Dacic Year - it is the time when the time itself starts a new trip.
In popular tradition, in this day of 30th nevember, nobody is allowed to broom and nothing is casted aside from the house - they say that the wolves will eat all of your animals from the courtyard. Everybvody has to put garlic at the doors and gates to stop the access of the werewolves. They also say that, in this night, the wolves are gathering and Saint Andrew cuts the prey from the current year. The animals talk in this night, but it is better not to listen what they are talking about, because the listener will die.
CUSTOMS ON SAINT ANDREW'S DAY
In this evening, the girls have to tilt 9 cups - up to the handle - into a bowl that is laid-down under an icon. The next day , in the morning, they have to remove the water from the bowl with the same cup. If on the bottom of the bowl -water still exists - even only few drops of it - the girl will be lucky.
If the last cup, the ninth, will not be filled as should be, the girl will be unlucky and she will not get married. In this night, also, every girl who wants to dream her destined half should put under the pillow 41 grains of corn; if she
will dream that somebody will stole the grains, she will certainly get married.
Boys and girls put corn grains into a clay bowl -whose corn will grow higher,
will be more healthy and lucky than the others.
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Comments (30)
lhoulhou
Warm colors and good composition. Vote Thanks for the explanation.
soulofharmony
absolutely brillaint composition mihai..hope your friends enjoy their stay..we actually celebrate st andrews in my home town in England.. hes the patron st of our local church and every..year the flag flys..plus the nearest sunday to st andrews day we have a community supper..stunning p'graphy as always..sublime..:).believe correct if wrong..romania is the only country in europe that has a working programme with wolves..:) any way voteeee:)
Lary
Xcellent photography and very interesting explanations! ;)
bogomil
The vampire's nightmare...
DarkGalaxy
You photo is just perfectly fine - but I hate garlic :-P Excellent composition, though.
Mikan
@everybody - forgot to tell - the shot ismade with artificial light, no flash involved! 1 second time of exposure! Mihai
CarolSassy
Excellent explanation and picture! V (:
Cosme..D..Churruca
Super cool story so well captured ! Excellent done !
Lissa_lei
Mihai, Thank you for your wonderful story, so many diffrent customs round the world. Of course comin from Sicily, garlic has also many meanins for us too, most of which we eat, but also as a way to heal and t cast off evil, and many stories about it. Thank you for another one, and love your presentation, so simple , but so live and real. Eccellent. *V. Lina
chioru
beautiful light and.. I like garlic :-) (I've laugh a little seeing the pic because in my kitchen I have the same knife...) your words are so beautiful as the pic :-)
BusyB967
Excellent comp and enjoyed you story :)
Masema
Very interesting read...great shot too, excellent compo.
wildfire2003
We all love the different customs and celebrations across the world, thanks! Wonderful colors and light, very rich looking!!***
Snow_Angel
I can smell that garlic all the way over to America,lol! I am a Garlic lover also and think this is a beautiful photo composition Mihai! I really like your lighting tecniques! Bravo! And thank you for sharing your customs and stories about St Andrew with us! May his seeds of faith take root and spread all over the Earth! :) V
dtp
nice orage tone u just remind me to cook some thing gooooooooooooooood...
leda_moon
I cook and heal with herbs, love the image and story!!*V,Sailors carry it with them on board to prevent a ship wreck,Excellent!
AgentMai
It's always so interesting to read about differing customs! This is a very warming, and comforting photo (despite the knife) because the lighting reminds me of candlelight. I look at this and think about coming home to mum's cooking lol. Beautifully done Mihai =)
tesla
Go ahead and peel me some,I love garlic on everything!!!Xlent photo!!!Thanks for the story!!!
Shadane
wow! a brilliant photo! i love the colouring and the focus! well doen my friend
Akinom
Thanks for your explanation, Mihai... very interesting to know about those various customs!everywhere Your shot is gorgeous in that wonderful warm light! Hey... be careful with the knife ;o)
colas
Wonderful artwork my friend!!! excellent idea too!!bravo,vote
sossy
a beautiful lighted and well composed impression! no vampires anymore! LOL
gallimel
love the warm tones.. makes me think of Xmas eve :)
i-popba
ohhh..!!! Wonderful shot my friend..!! cool tone and light..!! very impressive...!!! love it.!** V
captainparsa
WONDERFUL ,, ALL MY FAMILY LOVE IT
tvernuccio
Wonderful post, my friend! Being 1/2 Italian...garlic runs thru my veins!!! love to eat it whole, roasted...nothin' else...just garlic. Mmmmmm...Luv that smell! Love hearing about your Orthodox church, traditions and culture!!! my best friend who is from Serbia grew up in Orthodox church. dunno if traditions and cultures are the same though. i shall have to ask her tonight when I'm at my late b-day party!!!
pjaj
Another fantastic photography! Excellent job!! v
avalonfaayre
Love that Garlic, thanks for the lesson in Ethnic Theology. Very enlightening! I am so glad you shared this. Excellent photo! Great lighting, and display.
Enmos
Yummie, garlic ;o) Excellent work, love the presentation !!
logiloglu
simple and most beautiful still life. looks great. !!!!!!!!!!! #:O) !!!!!!!!!!