Russian festival 俄罗斯的节日

Some famous festivals in Russia

On Oct21th afternoon, we were honored to go in for Miss Yulia

’

s speech.

Upon

her

splendid

speech,

we

have

known

of

some

public

traditional

holidays

in

Russia.

What

impressed

me

most

was

that

Russia

is

the

amazing holiday destination. The Russian festivals reveal the rich culture

tradition and fascinating customs of its people.

While the festivals stem

from

the

Christian

legacy

in

Russia

are

shared

with

the

European

and

American.

Besides,

the

manner

of

celebration

is

really

unique.

Now,

allow me to introduce some important Russian festivals to you in brief.

Noviy God or New Year

Noviy God (we also call it New Year) in January1th is the most popular

Russian

festival.

In

the

Noviy

God

every

family

are

revolved

around

a

new year

’

s tree (called conifer tree) which is decorated with sweets and

special glass decorations and has a bright star on top. She had shared a

song accompanying with a lively tone with us dedicated with this New

Year tree which is usually sung by Father Frost. Being comparable with

the Christmas Day in Europe, there is a Father Frost who is the Russian

Santa Claus in the prospect with special costumes. They come to hug kids

with the greeting and give the gifts.

Of course, on New Year is complete without a family get together and

delicious meals and fireworks.

Another tradition is to listen to the New

Year speech by the president of Russia on New Year

’

s Day. Usually the