Couple of times I spent my winter holiday in Serbia with a part of my family and friends. They celebrate the orthodox Christmas on January 7 and I noticed they have many beautiful and interesting traditions usually kept and respected by women. However, last time I was there I felt it too political, to nationalistic and too macho. Every dinner my husband and me were invited to, turned to an unpleasant political discussion ran by men. Also, I heard some guys celebrated it on their own way – shooting from their guns on the very Christmas Eve. No magic, no sparkling, just one girl shot in front of the church. The only things that I appreciated were the great efforts of Serbian women preparing the meals, cleaning the house and opening them for the guests. And after all they do, the man should be the first who enter ones house, otherwise, the bad luck will follow this family. At the end, I saw those women resigned, exhausted and unconcerned by
2006-11-30 23:38:23 · 2 answers · asked by Aurora 4 in Social Science ➔ Gender Studies
...by what the evening was turned to. This winter, my hubby and I don't feel like going to Serbia but we also feel sorry because of that. Why don’t they do something to make their Christmas more pleasant and less political?
2006-11-30 23:42:37 · update #1
where the hell did you go to?!? thats not how we celebrate christmas...
if you are interested how its celebrated normaly (without the psycho people shooting through the window) you can read here http://www.cvc.org/christmas/serbia/index.htm or just come and visit and choose a better company to spend the christmas with
2006-12-02 23:53:41 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
What are you talking about?!??! That is not the way we celebrate Christmas, no one talks about politics and other stupid stuff on that day. The family you were with while they celebrated Christmas is weired!
2006-12-01 06:01:26 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋