Peoples of the republic of belarus. Customs and traditions

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PEOPLES OF THE REPUBLIC OF
BELARUS. CUSTOMS AND
TRADITIONS.

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Tatar traditions and customs
Rites are calendar and family
sense. The first ones are
related to labor activity
(sowing, harvesting, etc.) and
are held every year at about
the same time. Family rituals
are held as needed in
accordance with the changes
that have taken place in the
family: the birth of children,
the conclusion of marriage
unions and other rituals.

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One of the most significant pre-Islamic
holidays is considered the holiday of the
plow Sabantuy, which is held in the spring
and symbolizes the end of sowing. The
culmination of the celebration is the
holding of various competitions and
competitions in running, wrestling or horse
racing. Also, a treat for all those present is
obligatory - porridge or botkasy in Tatar,
which used to be prepared from common
products in a huge cauldron on one of the
hills or hillocks. Also at the festival, it was
obligatory to have a large number of
colored eggs in order for children to collect
them.

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Bashkirs
Family customs and rituals are an integral part of the
culture and life of any ethnic group. They reflect the way
of life, the social system, the history of culture, the
traditional worldview; laid psychological, social and
moral meaning. Customs and rituals regulated human
behavior throughout his life, people believed that the
health and well-being of the whole society depended on
how correctly they were observed.

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Bashkir people
Bashkirs, or as they call themselves
Bashkorts, are the indigenous Turkic
population of Bashkiria, according to
statistics, about 1.6 million people of this
nationality live on the territory of the
autonomous republic, a significant number
of Bashkirs live on the territory of
Chelyabinsk (166 thousand), Orenburg
(52.8 thousand) , about 100 thousand
representatives of this nationality are
located in the Perm Territory, Tyumen,
Sverdlovsk and Kurgan regions. Their
religion is Islamic Sunnism. Bashkir
traditions, their way of life and customs are
very interesting and differ from other
traditions of the peoples of the Turkic
nationality.

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Culture and life of the Bashkir people
Until the end of the 19th
century, the Bashkirs led a
semi-nomadic lifestyle, but
gradually became
sedentary and mastered
agriculture, the Eastern
Bashkirs practiced summer
nomadic trips for some
time and preferred to live in
yurts in the summer, over
time, and they began to
live in wooden log cabins
or adobe huts, and then in
more modern buildings

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Traditions and customs of the
Bashkir people
The Bashkir people hold the main
festivals in spring and summer. The
people of Bashkortostan celebrate
Kargatuy "rook holiday" at a time
when rooks arrive in spring, the
meaning of the holiday is to
celebrate the moment of awakening
nature from winter sleep and also an
occasion to turn to the forces of
nature (by the way, the Bashkirs
believe that it is the rooks that are
closely connected with them) with a
request about the well-being and
fertility of the coming agricultural
season.

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An important holiday for
the Bashkirs is called Jiin
(Yiyin), it was attended by
residents of several
villages at once, various
trade operations were
carried out during it,
parents agreed on the
marriage of children, fair
sales were held.

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The Sabantuy plow holiday is dedicated to
the beginning of work in the fields, all the
inhabitants of the village came to the open
area and participated in various
competitions, they fought, competed in
running, rode horses and pulled each other
on ropes. After determining and rewarding
the winners, a common table was laid with
various dishes and treats, usually it was a
traditional beshbarmak (a dish of chopped
boiled meat and noodles). Previously, this
custom was carried out in order to appease
the spirits of nature so that they would
make the land fertile, and it would give a
good harvest, and over time it became a
common spring holiday that marked the
beginning of hard agricultural work.

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