Funny holidays - Riddles Day

Games for the development of intelligence, crosswords, puzzles and puzzles help improve concentration and logical thinking Riddles containing allegorical allusions, epithets and allegory belong to the oldest genre of oral folk art Solving them develops imaginative thinking, mental flexibility and observation in children Adults are often fans of such puzzles July 26th is Riddles Day In honor of the holiday, various events are held, participation in which is a good reason to show your wits and intelligence People of all ages who want to stroke their pride and have fun take the mental strength test This kind of entertainment has been known since ancient times Thus, the ancient Greeks were fond of looking at the riddles that the oracles explained In the East, this tradition is reflected in the cycle of Arabian fairy tales "A Thousand and One Nights" Scheherazade, the eldest daughter of the royal vizier, asked riddles to the Sultan, which not only entertained him, but also began to attract him as a woman Leonardo da Vinci was a multi-talented person He was interested in many things, including inventing riddles With them the sculptor and artist entertained Louis Moreau, for whom he served, and the courtiers of the Duke of Milan Friedrich Schiller, Jean-Jacques Rousseau and Wilhelm Hauff wrote riddles in poetic form Russia did not lag behind Europe The nobles liked this unusual type of leisure, allowing them to show their learning and show off their intelligence A popular parlor game in the 17th-18th centuries there were charades This visual and scenic fun was also called "riddles in faces" Participants in the charade (translated from French as “chatter”, “conversation”) had to guess the title of the song, the plot of the painting and the name of the artist In 1773, the collection “Riddles serving for the innocent division of idle time” was published in Russia These included not only charades, which were one of the favorite entertainments in the social salons of St Petersburg The nobles also played burim (the second name is “rhymed ends”), forfeits and “living pictures” with silent scenes in the form of plots from works of painting and literature that had to be guessed Many of these types of entertainment have survived to this day, such as anagrams and puzzles On Riddles Day, quests, quizzes and competitions for intelligence are held in the spirit of "What? Where? When?" and "Brain Ring" The holiday provides an opportunity for fans of crossword puzzles and charades fans to show their intellect - insight and talent for transformation Linguists and people far from linguistics compose riddles in poetic form, solve metagrams and logogriffs On July 26, they play “Nonsense” and “Crocodile” - a modern analogue of burima and charades In honor of the holiday, they come up with puzzles that are designed for quick wits and the ability to think logically; they solve chainwords and sudoku This is how fans of intellectual games annually celebrate Riddles Day