Easter traditions decoration of the room [from antiquity to the present day]

Easter is one of the important and bright holidays. He identifies the victory of his life over death, and thereby glorify God. This majestic holiday is celebrated from the day the resurrection of Jesus every year. But despite the fact that the celebration of Easter was first marked for a very long time, many traditions were preserved until today.

What traditions did not touch

The fact that Easter must bake cakes, paint eggs and go to the temple to consecrate the Easter basket, everyone knows. But, as it was customary to decorate your home in this bright holiday it is worth considering in more detail.

In ancient times

Mandatory item at all times is the general cleaning of all premises. Cleaned, soaps, removed every corner, every border. Often began from clean Thursday and until Saturday evening. Be sure to decorate the ward sprigs, consecrated in Palm Sunday. Such crafts were made as decorations:

1. From raw eggs (freeing them in advance from internal content) made decorations in the form of wreaths, an easter tree.

1. Baskets, woven from the vine or willow, in which painted eggs were stacked.

1. The house put flowers, who had time to flourish to Easter, were also used herbs and other greens, drunks.

1. The presence in the house of decorations in the form of birds was considered obligatory, as it was believed that they were a symbol of life. Often used dishes with the image of birds, it was possible to hang embroidered towels with birds depicted on them. Delivered figures from clay and even from the test.

1. Candles were required, it is believed that the fire personifies the light, so they were placed on the festive table, windowsill, chest.

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It should be noted that any colors can be used to decorate the room, as it symbolizes the complete unknown and emptiness. Even the black color should be present in the decor, as it means that after the coming night always comes the dawn.

In modern times

There are quite a few Easter traditions with generation to generation, although most of them are a bit reasonable, but the general meaning has not changed. The whole thing is, this time has a huge amount of materials for decorating, which can be used when creating Easter decorations for the house. For example:

1. The above-described decorations from raw eggs are often replaced by wooden or foam counterparts.

1. Craftsmen included crafts in the form of rabbits. They decorated that they thought it was necessary (hang on the door, on the Easter tree along with the painted eggs, even fold the napkins on the table so that they were like a snoop face with ears).

1. Today, bird figures use as decorations in the festive interior often, but often the designated decor can be purchased in the store.

1. Fashionable now is the creation of an Easter basket using satin ribbons where painted eggs are stacked. It can be used as decor of the festive table.

1. For today, for example, urban residents instead of freshly torn grass can buy similar greens in a flower shop, planted in flower pots.

Summing up, I want to say that Easter is really a wonderful, bright holiday, so you should decorate the house at your discretion, experimenting, creating interesting compositions. But the most important thing is that in the house there should be one of the main symbols of the holiday, which are painted eggs and cakes.

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