Last weekend in the House of Friendship was held a festive program, which was dedicated to Priirtysh - the land of Pavlodar, the ancient Kazakh steppe, awakened from the winter and, of course, to Nauryz holidays! "The call of spring on the ground" is the first spring holiday for the Belarusians, and at this time, birds come flying, and bring a spring on their wings. The name translated as "calling the spring on the ground." It is a beautiful, bright and joyful holiday, which begins to celebrate from the 14 of March until spring comes. The spring in their view was like the image of the goddess “beauty Lada”. The arrival of heat, the flowering of all life, the future harvest and the life of man depends on it. It is necessary to call her, “to bake", so that Lada came. However, there is a problem - birds that will bring it on the wings, at this time still very little, so the Belarusians made artificial - first from the dough, and then from the paper.

Zhetypysbayev Seisembay Kalizhanovich - the head of the Secretariat of the Assembly of the Peoples of Kazakhstan of the Pavlodar region and the head of the ethno cultural association "Belarus" Bognat Lubov Ivanovna congratulated all with a holiday, wished each house warmth, prosperity and peace.

Spring festivals began everywhere on high hillocks in the villages, behind the villages the youth lit the lights, played various games - catch-ups, phantas. The most interesting moment of the rituals in honor of spring is the dances, which represent an endless cycle of life and eternal youth. The sounds of songs were heard from different places.  Voices were heard from neighboring villages. The song flew far away from the hillock in the clear air. And there was a revival: in nature, and in the soul of man. The joy of awakening gave birth to beautiful poems, songs, dances. In the hearts of people sprouted joy, surprise, great happiness to love life in all its manifestations.

"Calling the spring on the ground" in the House of Friendship was very fun, with dances. Everyone took part in them, from small to large. For guests and spectators were given buns, in the form of birds, called "larks". All the gathered, adults, and children participated in the spring spell. They dressed the birch with birds, specially made of paper, or ribbons with the wishes of the coming of spring. Also, all sang ritual songs, in which they addressed greetings to the birds, with the hope that they will bring warmth. The main motives of these songs are the seeing-off of the cold winter and the expectation of a blessed summer. Ritual songs differ in that each verse ends in a sound "Gu" or "au", or begins with the sound of "agu". Children pleased the audience with their talents, sang songs, danced and read poetry. Colorful performances were performed by the dance ensembles «Karamelki», «Krynitsy», «Zhauranachak», «Praleski», «Svitanak», the «Nadzeya» ensemble and the vocal and instrumental ensemble «Dabranach».

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