"prechristian" - 1 õppematerjal

Estonian holidays, festivals, cultural events

Traditionally, they paint their faces, dress up in old clothes, and go around to neighbors' houses singing national songs and knocking on doors, asking to be let in out of the cold. Once inside, they are supposed to be offered fruit and candy. 25 December Christmas Day Estonians live in Jõulumaa? The Estonian word jõulud (Christmas) is of ancient Scandinavian origin and comes from the word Jul. In Scandinavia and Estonia Jesus Christ's birthday is marked by the preChristian word Jul in Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Jol in Icelandic, Joulu in Finnish and Yule on the British Isles. So we can say that like Finnish, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Icelandic and British people, Estonians live in Jõulumaa. jõulud was celebrated in Estonia also before Christianity and for old Estonians it lasted for 17 days?Old Estonians celebrated winter solstice the birthday of the Sun. Starting from winter solstice, the days grew longer and the sun rose higher in the sky