Our ancestors believed that girls' long hairand women serve as a guardian and storehouse of light energies. Every woman took care of and proud of her hairstyle, fearing that a dashing person would not take possession of a single hair. After all, the one who holds a strand of hair in his hand also holds the fate of their owner. Girls with long hair were considered beauties, their braids were valued above any bling.
Weave braids from different Slavic peoples
Vera ordered women not to cut their hair.But everything is not as simple as it may seem at first glance: the hairstyles of our great-great-grandmother are deeply symbolic. For example, it was customary to cut little girls, and only by the age of twelve did they begin to weave the first pigtail. With such a hairstyle, they had to walk for several years, she also symbolized that the girl on the issue. Those who did not find their soul mate (old maids) walked with one scythe. But before marriage, the hair was divided in two: the two spouses - and the braids now too. The ceremony of braiding was accompanied by a change of children's wardrobe for an adult — more chaste, closed, adorned with female inshore symbolism. In various regions of Russia, when combing, special attributes were used, proverbs and jokes were invented. For example, in Zaonezhie, girls' long hair was woven into a braid along with a ribbon - a symbol of readiness for marriage. And the Belarusians sentenced: "Kasa is full of beauty". The Bulgarians, on the other hand, greased the long hair of the girls with grape juice and only after that they began to weave, whispering: "The vine grows, it grows and the kosat" ("The vine grows, the braid grows"). Serbian and Croat smeared braids with fat already, so that they grow long, like snakes.
Spit in folklore
Of course, folklore did not ignore the maidenbraid. A lot of proverbs about hair come to our days. For example, the translation of the phrase "Drink the Spit" is found in almost all languages of the Slavic group. This phrase indicates a girlish gatherings before the wedding. But the mocking admonition "To wipe with a scythe" could stick to the one that sat in the girls and, therefore, did not split the hair in two. Long-haired beauties have also reflected in painting. The famous Russian artist Boris Olshansky depicts beautiful ancient goddesses with flowing hair or luxurious braids. He writes and mere mortals, imitating their appearance nebozhitelnitsam. Andrei Ramnev depicted later, already Christian rituals associated with weaving. For example, his famous "Spit Split" shows how the girls' long hair was divided into two halves on the eve of the wedding. And Vasilyevskaya bare-haired Mermaid, perhaps, is famous throughout the world as a symbol of the mythology of the ancient Slavs. Vasnetsov Alyonushka, who is pulling a red braid in anticipation of a good-for-nothing brother on the bank, received no less fame. And modern artists inspire long-haired girls. Photos with long and flowing hair, with braids and high hair styles can be found in the works of many modern photographers. Not paid attention to the braid and performers of folk music: Helavisa (group "The Mill"), Pelageya, Masha Arkhipova (group "Arkona"). After all, today, as in ancient times, the braid is the main decoration of every girl.
