Dziady
Sign in to save'''''' (; For example, in the title of Adam Mickiewicz's drama ''The Forefathers' Night) is a term in Slavic folklore for the spirits of the ancestors and a collection of pre-Christian rites, celebrations, rituals and customs that were dedicated to them. The essence of these rituals was the "communion of the living with the dead", namely, the establishment of relationships with the souls of the ancestors, periodically returning to Earth to their headquarters from the times of their lives. The aim of the ritual activities was to win the favor of the deceased, who were considered to be caretaker
Key facts
- Holiday.type
- Pagan, cultural
- Holiday.date
- Between the last day of April and the first day of May or around the spring equinox (spring dziady)Secondly, between the last day of October and the first day of November or around the autumnal equinox (autumn dziady)
- Holiday.relatedto
- Zaduszki, Radonitsa, Vėlinės, Allhallowtide
- Holiday.frequency
- Twice a year
- Holiday.holiday_name
- Dziady
- Holiday.celebrations
- Offering food to ancestors
- Holiday.significance
- Communion of the living with the dead
- Holiday.observedby
- Belarusians, Poles, Ukrainians, Lithuanians (rodnovers and Christians in christianised form)
- Holiday.image
- Dziady (restored).png
- Holiday.caption
- ('Ancestors, forefathers, come to us!'), a depiction of dziady ritual in Belarus, (1904)
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- Dziady. Дзяды (1904).jpg
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- Dziady
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12 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- Dates
- Rituals of the {{lang|pl|dziady}}
- Rite in literature
- Contemporary celebration
- {{lang|pl|Dziady}} and Christianity
- Gallery
- See also
- Notes
- References
- Bibliography
- External links
'''''' (; For example, in the title of Adam Mickiewicz's drama ''The Forefathers' Night) is a term in Slavic folklore for the spirits of the ancestors and a collection of pre-Christian rites, celebrations, rituals and customs that were dedicated to them. The essence of these rituals was the "communion of the living with the dead", namely, the establishment of relationships with the souls of the ancestors, periodically returning to Earth to their headquarters from the times of their lives. The aim of the ritual activities was to win the favor of the deceased, who were considered to be caretakers in the sphere of fertility. The name was used in particular dialects mainly in Belarus, Poland, Polesia, Russia, and Ukraine (sometimes also in border areas, e.g. Podlachia, Smoleńsk Oblast, in Lithuania Aukštaitija), and under other names (pomynky, przewody, radonitsa, zaduszki) there were very similar ritual practices, common among Slavs and Balts, and also in many European and even non-European cultures.
== Etymology ==