Palm Sunday or Palm Sunday is a feast date furniture, cocktail party menu which opens for all Chris

Palm Sunday or Palm Sunday is a feast date furniture, cocktail party menu which opens for all Christians Easter cycle, which ends the 40th day after Easter, Ascension. It is determined by the date when Easter falls, it eve of Easter Sunday (in the sixth week of Lent), in religious terms signifying entry of Jesus Christ into Jerusalem and the beginning of Holy Week. How the Holy Week, the station is even more severe, Palm Sunday is "to eat fish" meaning you can eat a light protein. Like all Christian holidays was originally a pagan festival, vegetation and fertility, dedicated to Flora, that Christianity superimposed over a religious holiday, changing the name and meaning, but keeping the original traditions is the good part. Flora was the goddess of the ancient Romans flowers and flowering, but at the same time and patron of prostitutes. In her honor, with the coming of spring, held the feast Floralia, which initially last only one day, on April 29 - the date of the founding of her temple near the Circus Maximus in Rome.
In religious writings, Jesus was greeted at the entrance to Jerusalem with palm and olive branches. Majestic palm tree with its leaves unfolded like huge fan, was considered a symbol of the sun and the victory. For Egyptians and Arabs he was "Tree of Life", its fruit - dates, were in western Asia and in China a symbol of fertility. Pleas palm leaves to the Romans we find associated with ceremonies connected with the cult of Apollo and the goddess Astarte but (identified with Atargatis - fish goddess, which was represented as a mermaid with woman's body and a fish tail). The tradition of using palm leaves in various processions and crowning victory at gladiators, it was taken over by young followers of Christian religions, which celebrated thus victorious entry of Jesus into Jerusalem. Also in this respect, the pilgrims who went to the Holy Sepulchre, were called "Palmer" in Germanic countries. Soon palm leaves have become a natural attribute of saints or martyrs of the faith, their symbolism gaining new dimensions, they represent not only the victory but also fame and immortality.
Place of palm leaves cocktail party menu (in countries where there), but Willow was taken in good part because of its symbolism, and the fact that it is the first tree that greener spring. German speaking countries is called Palm Sunday Palmsonntag (Palm - willow twigs with catkins; Sonntag - Sunday) In some Western countries, weeping willow is linked to death, so there is faith in Russia as "who planted a willow tree spade with which he prepares -and will dig the grave ". In the Far East, it was a symbol of immortality, like Acacia Masonic - perhaps because a willow branch, and soaked into the ground, cocktail party menu take root and soon gets the shaft. The ancient Indians cocktail party menu of America prairies, willow was a sacred tree, the symbol representing the cyclical rebirth. Chinese philosopher Laozi (Lao-Tse or Lao-tzu) - founder of Daoism (Taoism known as), meditating under a willow tree.
Lăzărelul has two aspects: ritual dance performed by children in Palm Saturday and ceremony performed by a female group in carols like, dedicated to the god of vegetation Lazar (Lazarica), referring to the death and rebirth cocktail party menu of annual, with the coming of spring. It is believed that the roots of this tradition as ceremonies dedicated to the gods of vegetation - Dionysus, Adonis, Aphrodite, Attis, Osiris. After folk legends Cuckoo brother Lazarus was. The cuckoo has lost Lazar and call one another. Who does not celebrate his birthday cocktail party menu Lazar fill freckles. From a religious perspective, the poor Lazarus, brother of Martha and Mary, had died and was resurrected from the dead by Jesus (Gospel of Matthew) .Datorita this miracle, Jesus was welcomed by residents Jerusalimului, with palm branches ., the general enthusiasm, as a winner of death: Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! ...
In Moldova and Bucovina, the same ceremonial, all executed by a group of women takes place as a wedding, where Lazar - the main character is dressed in bride with a crown of flowers on his head and moves within the circle of "Surat "recounting singing - as a carol, story of Lazarus, who recounts the death of Lazarus, his finding, carrying home washing with milk, nuts and throwing milk in the resurgence cocktail party menu of the form of flowers and vegetation - recorded moment with joy" sisters "that transform mourning into a joyful dance. It is believed that Lazarus was found by his older sister, who was his wife and daughter Baba Dochia Valentine's Day, and since then has formed the habit mourned the dead. (Dobrogea, South Muntenia)