Tetery (also vitushki , aunt ) - a twisted-shaped ritual gingerbread product , common in the vicinity of the cities of Kargopol and Mezen , as well as in villages along the banks of the Mezen River . The North Russian analogue of the "larks", "sparrows", "bullfinches", "waders", "magpies", "cockerels" that existed in different regions of Russia. Cookies were baked on special days, usually on the Day of the Forty Martyrs of Sebaste (Soroki) , which is celebrated in the old style on March 22 - the day of the vernal equinox [1] . Teteroks are ritually honored newlyweds on this day. In Kargopol, March 22 was called an aunt day, on this day an aunt was baked, so there was a “call” of migratory birds, which, according to local ideas, carried spring and warmth.
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Tetery is baked from rye dough, rolled out in the form of thin sausages-flagella, from which they "twist" animal figures or geometric figures close to solar signs and ancient Russian ornaments.
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See also
- Vesnyanki (songs)
- Magpies (holiday)
- Roe
- Gingerbread
- Gingerbread Man
Notes
- ↑ In the 19th century, the difference between the Julian and the astronomical calendar was 12 days, so the holiday was celebrated much later than the astronomical equinox.
Literature
- Kulishova S.V. Kargopol ritual cookies - “teters” // Historical city and preservation of traditional culture: Materials of the V Kargopol scientific. conf. / Scientific. ed. and comp. N.I. Reshetnikov. - M .: Kargopol, 1999 .-- S. 110-113.