In another C-RS special, John Righetti talks about Christmas and the traditions of Carpatho-Rusyns. Visit us at c-rs.org to learn more about your heritage!
Rusyn culture is lovely. It's interesting some of the similarities to other European cultures but like most things they have their own unique flavours. What's the symbolism, or significance, of honey and garlic? Also is there any particular alcohol that the family would share? With the ancestor worship, would this be particularly about ancestors that you remember? Perhaps a great grandmother, or is it more general like all ancestors going back forever? Or is it a mix of both? I'm very interested in Rusyn culture because you are an often overlooked culture group and I honestly feel like you have a lot to share with the rest of us. Every video of yours I learn something and it's interesting to see the little differences between Rusyns and other Eastern European cultures. So thank you for making these videos :)
Potatoes, Really...? Seems like traditionally they would of been stuffed with something other than potatoes. Sir Walter Raleigh introduced potatoes to Ireland in 1589, The Carpatho-Rus are much older than that...
My family hails from Slovakia and there's similar Christmas Eve dinner traditions...the pirohy we make are stuffed with either prunes or sweetened dry curd cheese.
@@martinpavelka3546 Yes, my family as well. They would make Date & cheese or Prune & cheese. The cheese was a mixture of Feta & Cottage cheese. Turns out there are quite a few quality cheeses that come from the Carpathian mountains. So, Yeah, No idea where they are getting the potato from, most likely a modern N. America addition.
Thank you for sharing this. Happy New Year!
Rusyn culture is lovely. It's interesting some of the similarities to other European cultures but like most things they have their own unique flavours. What's the symbolism, or significance, of honey and garlic? Also is there any particular alcohol that the family would share?
With the ancestor worship, would this be particularly about ancestors that you remember? Perhaps a great grandmother, or is it more general like all ancestors going back forever? Or is it a mix of both?
I'm very interested in Rusyn culture because you are an often overlooked culture group and I honestly feel like you have a lot to share with the rest of us. Every video of yours I learn something and it's interesting to see the little differences between Rusyns and other Eastern European cultures. So thank you for making these videos :)
The honey and the garlic is to remind us of the sweet and the bitter times in life.
Thank you so much for your insight, it has been truly helpful in my intellectual endeavors.
John...You said the head of the family made the "Sign of the Cross" before Holy Supper. Was the sign of the cross used before Christianity?
Never invite evil into your household.......tradition or not!!!
Potatoes, Really...? Seems like traditionally they would of been stuffed with something other than potatoes.
Sir Walter Raleigh introduced potatoes to Ireland in 1589, The Carpatho-Rus are much older than that...
My family hails from Slovakia and there's similar Christmas Eve dinner traditions...the pirohy we make are stuffed with either prunes or sweetened dry curd cheese.
@@martinpavelka3546 Yes, my family as well. They would make Date & cheese or Prune & cheese. The cheese was a mixture of Feta & Cottage cheese. Turns out there are quite a few quality cheeses that come from the Carpathian mountains. So, Yeah, No idea where they are getting the potato from, most likely a modern N. America addition.