Winter customs, strictly kept in the south of Moldova

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Hundreds of years old winter customs and holidays are strictly kept in the south of Moldova.

     The artistic collectives from Cahul and Cantemir districts prove every year that in their hometowns there are the most beautiful traditions. The groups compete in the "Goat, Turkish, breaza" festival, which takes place in the village of Crihana Veche, Cahul district.

     The participants disguise themselves as goats, bears and babes and parade on a stage and present to the public the ancestral traditions they pass on from generation to generation.

      There are various goats: it is the goat of the little ones, the goat of the teenagers that goes to the chindii and from now on the goat of the adults that goes to a piece of night and until dawn, all go and carol.

     After the goat leaves the household, the farmers gather the ribbons from the goat's costume and put them in the hen's house, on the cattle, and it is said that these ribbons bring good luck and abundance.

Goats from Crihana Veche village, Cahul district





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