This blog is dedicated to Slavic mythology and it's old pagan religion. You will find myths, poems, songs, pictures, creatures, gods...Feel free to ask or submit!
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Bele Poklade
Poklade is the Serbian name of the last day on which it’s allowed to eat meat and milk products before spring fasting (40 days before Easter) Great festivites are made on this day, and young men dress up in masks and go through the village, while villagers give them meat, cakes and eggs (which were very valued gifts in the last century in Serbian villages), and later jumped over fire. The point of these celebrations is the whorshipment of spring and driving away the evil spirits. It’s rarely practiced today, and these pictures are from 2011 from village Lozovik where young boys and girls with the help of their teachers decided to revive this custom which has roots deep in the pagan times.
Herman Tugarinov
| ◥ |  | Anonymous ASKED |
I suppose by sources you mean texts, books where you can read about it?
Unfortunately I don’t know of any books in English that deal with this matter, and aside from Wikipedia there’s not much about it in English on the internet as well. I suggest you browse ‘slavic mythology’ and read everything that seems quality, althogh there isn’t much. If you speak some of the Slavic languages this will be much easier, and you will find much more stuff.
Here is a pretty good site that is in proces of translating to English
http://www.starisloveni.com/English/index.html
and you’ll probably find good stuff here
| ◥ |  | madhatter1975 ASKED |
Thank you! :)
And sure, here it is http://www.wulflund.com/old-slavs/?vp-page=1
