Celebrating Christmas in Romania
Romanians celebrate Christmas as any
other Christian country: people clean their homes, prepare the food, go carolling
and attend the Christmas mass. However, Romanians do have some typical
traditions for this holiday; on the 20th December, called “Ignat” in
the honour of Saint Ignatius, people sacrifice the pig. Then, during 2 or 3
days before Christmas women prepare various delicious pork sausages, bacon and the
typical Romanian dish called “sarmale”, made of pickled cabbage leaves stuffed with a
mixture of pork and beef, rice, pepper and other spices; also the Romanian desert
– “cozonac”, a cake filled with nuts and raisins.
People decorate the fir tree so
that on Christmas morning the little ones can find their presents from “Moş Crăciun” (Santa Claus) under the tree. The custom
of going carolling is still preserved in many parts of the country – a group of
people, usually dressed in folk costumes go from house to house singing Christmas carols,
till morning. They are said to bring fortune and happiness and are given cakes,
apples, nuts and money.
Romanians celebrate the birth of our Lord with great joy!
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