On Saturday, November 8, from 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM, the Seaside Open-Air Museum (Riņķa Street 2) invites you to visit Mārtiņi.
St. Martin's Day marks the halfway point from Michaelmas to Christmas, at which time autumn field work is concluded and the gates to winter are symbolically opened.
During the holiday, gratitude and showing honor are also due to ancestors, which is why people used to feast on St. Martin's Day: "A few years ago, on St. Martin's Day, thick porridge was brought to the farm for the old man or the spirit of the house. If the porridge was eaten, then the spirit liked it." The spirits of the ancestors visited the household in the form of masks, bringing fertility and blessings to the family and farm. The people in masks were also called that - St. Martin's children, St. Martin's children or St. Martin's elders.
The people of the Seaside Open-Air Museum invite you to enjoy this very St. Martin's Day tradition and go on a mascot procession together, impersonating the traditional characters of the stilts - a bear, a wolf, a hare, even a haystack.
The St. Martin children bring joy, laughter, games and dances. Their visit increased the joy of life in the family and did not allow them to give in to the increasing darkness and cold, so in this lesson we will create a joyful mood so that everyone feels like a part of the ancient traditions. Just keep in mind – if you see geese walking on ice somewhere on St. Martin, then they will be wallowing in mud on Christmas!
Entrance with museum tickets.
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