Russia:
Today, January 7, is Christmas in Russia, and for millions
of others that are Russian orthodox, and other forms of Christians. These
people follow the Julian calendar. This marks the end of
a 40 day long period where people only eat vegan food. After church on
Christmas Eve night people break there fast on meat, to some extravagant meals.
Like many of us the U.S. many Russians only go to church on
special occasions, like on Christmas Eve. The more pious might go and visit a
church with Christian relics. One Relic is believed to be the gift that one of the
Magi brought to Jesus.
Food:
Traditional food might be a roast, a piglet, or a duck. They
might also make food like perigee. I had decided to make a cranberry sour croute
dish. I basically boiled cranberries in sugar water and then mixed it in canned
sour croute which was red cabbage and apples.
Kets:
Kets are an interesting people in themselves. They
resisted becoming part of Russia in the 17th century, so Russia
broke them up to different locations. This is resulted in the designation of
their culture. They are believed to be the last true descendants of nomadic
ice-age peoples. There DNA has markings similar to people of Tibet and Burma,
but there language is closer to those of the Navaho (Native Americans). (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ket_people.)
Work Cited:
"From Bethlehem to Russia: Millions get together to celebrate Orthodox Christmas" . RT Question More. http://rt.com/news/orthodox-christmas-bethlehem-worshippers-266/ . Published: January 7, 2014. Retrieved: January 7, 2014.
Herzog, Werner. Vasyoukov, Dmitry. "Happy People: A Year in the Taiga". NR: 2010.
"Ket". Wikioedia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ket_people. Retrieved: January 7, 2014
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