Holidays of the Slavs - Yarilo Mokry, (Tribog's day, Troyan tonsure)

The ancient Slavic holiday Yarilo Mokry can also be found in other original names: Tribogov day, Troyan, Troyan tonsure, Holy Day It is important that it is on this day that spring is put to rest, and the red, fertile summer comes into force The Slavs believed that with the arrival of summer, Yarilo-Vesen, the eternally young God of the Sun, gives way to the generous Trisvetly Dazhdbog With the onset of summer, the time came for yesterday's boys to become warriors The rite of tonsure gave the name to the holiday of Troyan tonsure The name Holy Day reflects the beliefs of the Slavs in the Glorious Victory of the warrior Trojan - the protector God in the battle with the age-old evil, which is represented in the image of the Black Serpent At the center of veneration and glorification is a special divine tandem - Triglav Svarozhiy, which includes the hypostases of Svarog, Veles and Perun The Slavs have always endowed these deities with great power and authority It was believed that it was Perun, Svarog and Veles who controlled the fate of man in the Trimir region (Reveal, Prav and Navi) In the war against evil, the fierce and insidious Black Serpent, the power of the three supreme gods united in God Trojan or Svarozh Triglav to free all people from the excesses of evil and darkness As a rule, Troyan experienced good clear weather It was customary to walk around their lands before sunrise and wash themselves with healing dew It was believed that on this day all water, and especially morning dew, is saturated with healing power and power against any illness If you wash yourself with magic dew, you can get rid of various ailments, preserve youth and beauty, and if you sprinkle your home and gates with dew, then happiness and prosperity will certainly settle in the house The Slavs knew that Yarilo Mokry appears into the world to fertilize the entire earth, then on Kupala, he turns into an old man and goes to heaven However, he manages to accomplish his main task—the fertility of the land Thanks to this divine providence, in the fall the peasant receives a decent harvest In ancient times, on the day of Yaril the Mokroy, which falls on June 4, people gathered in places of power, at temples, to glorify Yaril, present him with generous gifts, appease him, and please him in every possible way with prayers The idol was placed on a skillfully embroidered towel and generously sprinkled with grain, symbolizing hopes and prayers for the high fertility of the land From a ritual jug it was watered with magical water with the addition of nine miraculous plants All those present in the temple must bow to the ground to God The ritual ended with drinking intoxicating beer - the symbolic drink of Yaril It is worth noting that they drank a little, not for the sake of hops, but for the sake of health and light fun Then the traditional festive dances began The most famous dance is zheg It is performed in a circle The dancers grab each other by the shoulders, take two steps in the direction of movement, one step against the movement At the same time, they raise their legs high, as if stepping over a high abdomen These movements are also aimed at requests for a noble harvest The ancient Slavs believed that on the day of Yaril the Mokroy, evil spirits and restless souls of those who did not die a natural death were activated Much attention was paid to protecting the family, especially small children and young girls, from mermaids For this purpose, special amulets and amulets were prepared in advance The great mystery of the holiday is the revelation of Mother Raw Earth It was with the onset of night that one could see a miracle when the Earth parted in order to lift the curtain into the world of its own secrets Today this is just an adventurous legend, but in ancient times our ancestors sought to get into the very thicket of the forest on this magical night According to their beliefs, at this fateful time, an amazing treasure could be found in the opened bowels of the earth And more than one daredevil got lost in the thicket, chasing illusory wealth The healers had to do a lot of work for Troyan They had to collect just enough healing dew so that its reserves would last for the whole year All work had to be completed before sunrise; it was believed that it was at this time that dew drops had a huge charge of energy and life-giving power