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Picture choosen by: Mr.Lim Daesung Moldova Festivals New Year is the most solemn grand festival to the Moldovan people. The night before the New Year, every family must leave crack in a door. People look forward to the old days quietly slip through the crack and new hope instead of the old one, this New Year's folk is still remaining.

In New Year's Eve, most people celebrate the New Year together permutation. Boys will carry the ancestral plow and wish everyone a happy wishful to door to door. This activity always last to the next morning.

During the New Year another major activity is the New Year folk drama performing. Young men will wear masks and dressed to play as role such like horses, bears, sheep and other animals. The traditional repertoires are: "Malang Ka", "Bunuo La", "Nichia”,"arnauti" and "old people."

Moldovan Orthodox Baptism Festival is a major festival in the Gregorian calendar January 19th. On this day are often held in church ceremonies and newborn baptized named day. Moderator recited the scriptures, to the baptized person or the head pendulum water. Newborn baptized, the parents can not be present. The baptized person chosen guardian called "The Godfather", "godmother." The day at the baptism, people will expect remove to the church to accept baptism, but also to the rivers where to take "holy water."
One day before Baptism day (January 18th), people are used to divination. In particular, girls are often in this one night of marriage is their own fortune.

In addition, Easter and Carnival are also very importance to Moldova folk religious festivals. Easter is the day that beginning from the end of April to the first Sunday in early May, lasting for 7 days.

Before Easter the eighth weeks is the Carnival, which is also lasted 7 days.
The first day in March is the festival that Moldovan people to greet the spring is coming. On this day, everyone wear flowers on chest which is making from red and white silk. White symbolizes spiritual good, pure, give bring love and peace, and the red represents the sun and the resurrection of nature, bringing human health and strength. Other Moldova Travel Guides Things To See Key Facts Festival Shopping Accommodation Getting Around Getting There Food and Drink

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