Living customs in my country Mateiu Maria Bianca Cls VI D New Year In Romania, there are great customs on New Year’s Day One of them is a traditional procession with a decorated plough This is practiced in New Year’s Eve or in New Year’s Day This can wish by lads, adults or kids An other custom is represented by a bouquet used for New Year’s wishes In New Year’s Morning, kids use to visit their neighbors and wish them a happy New Year Another Valentine's day Dragobete is, in our legends, the son of Dochia This symbolize the celebration of love in Romania It is celebrated on the 24th of February and, also, it symbolizes the beginning of spring In villages, where the customs are still alive, it is fully celebrated, but, in towns this custom doesn’t exist, being replaced by Valentine’s Day The trinket On the 1st of March, every year, the kids and the adults give each other trinkets and women are given flowers These are little symbols which announces that spring is around the corner, but also they are symbols of love and respect The Easter On Easter, the Christians celebrate the Jesus resurrection, after his crucifixion and his burial So, the housewives prepare the red eggs which symbolize the blood and the suffering of Jesus The Christians give each other red eggs saying: “Christ is Risen!” and the person who receive the egg answers: “In Truth He is Risen!” As well, the Christians go to church for praying The Halloween The Halloween is a tradition recent borrowed from the USA and it is celebrated by young people They dress in costumes which represent strange characters: witches, mummies or vampires and they organize parties on the 1st of November The Christmas In Romania, before Christmas, people use to keep an Advent of six weeks On the 20th of December, people sacrifice their pigs because on the 25th of December they prepare specific dishes for Christmas day Another custom is decorating the Christmas tree Each family use candles, globes and tinsel and, on top, a star which reminds us about the night when Christ was born The Christmas The caroling Usually kids announce the Birth of the Lord They are given nuts, apples or money At night, Santa Clause gives all the children gifts and next morning, they go with their parents to church for celebrating the Holy Child’s birth Another customs It is known that Romanians are very revelers, they organize lots of parties, they celebrate almost everithing the days of their names, like Saint Mary, on 15th August, Saints Constantin and Elena, on 21st May or Saint Andrew, on 30th November Also, if there isn’t a party, it is very easy to take with you a barbecue, a beer and your best friend ! ...New Year In Romania, there are great customs on New Year’s Day One of them is a traditional procession with a decorated plough This is... the 24th of February and, also, it symbolizes the beginning of spring In villages, where the customs are still alive, it is fully celebrated, but, in towns this custom doesn’t exist, being... next morning, they go with their parents to church for celebrating the Holy Child’s birth Another customs It is known that Romanians are very revelers, they organize lots of parties, they celebrate