Christmas Tree nesting doll SANTA SNOW MAIDEN OOAK set 4 Decorations Ryabova ART
Christmas Tree nesting doll SANTA SNOW MAIDEN OOAK set 4 Decorations Ryabova ART. This product data sheet is originally written in English. A unique opportunity to acquire a very unusual Christmas Set with 4 hanging Decorations inside a big Nesting Christmas Tree created by the Russian Artist Anna Ryabova. Hight of the big tree is 21.4 cm or 8.42. Height of the decorations are between 10.4 cm and 6.7 cm or 4.09 – 2.63 inches. In the culture of the eastern Slavs the traditional character Ded Moroz plays a role similar to that of Santa Claus. The literal translation of the name would be Grandfather Frost. However, English-speakers traditionally translate his name as Father Frost. Ded Moroz brings presents to children. However, unlike the clandestine ways of Santa Claus, he often brings them in person, at the Celebrations of the New Year, at New Year parties for kids by the New Year Tree. The “in-person” gifts only occur at big organized Celebrations, where the gifts can be standardized. The clandestine operations of placing the gifts under the New Year tree still occur while the children are young. Ded Moroz is accompanied by Snegurochka, or’Snow Maiden’, his granddaughter. The traditional appearance of Ded Moroz has a close resemblance to that of Santa Claus, with his red coat, boots and long white beard. Specifically, Ded Moroz wears a heel-long red fur coat, a semi-round fur hat, and white valenki or high boots (sapogi), silver or red with silver ornament. Unlike Santa Claus, he walks with a long magical staff, does not say “Ho, ho, ho, ” and drives no reindeer but a troika. The official residence of Ded Moroz in Russia is the town of Veliky Ustyug. His roots are in pagan beliefs, but since the 19th century his attributes and legend have been shaped by literary influences. He, together with Snegurochka, were “fleshed out” from a kind of a winter sprite into what he is now. The Fairy tale play Snegurochka by the famous Russian playwright Alexander Ostrovsky was influential in this respect, followed by Rimsky-Korsakov’s Snegurochka with libretto based on the play. Only by the end of the 19th century did Ded Moroz win a “competition” between the various mythical figures who were in charge of New Year presents: including Grandfather Nicholas, Santa Claus, Ded Treskun, Morozko and simply Moroz. In the Russian SFSR and the Soviet Union Christmas trees were banned until 1935 because they were considered to be a “bourgeois and religious prejudice”. The New Year’s tree was revived in the USSR after the famous letter byPavel Postyshev, published in Pravda on December 28, 1935, where he asked for New Year trees to be installed in schools, children’s homes, Young Pioneer Palaces, children’s clubs, children’s theaters and cinema theaters. In subsequent years, an invitation to the New Year Tree at the Palace of Unions became a matter of honor for Soviet children. The color of the coat that Ded Moroz wore was changed several times. So as not to be confused with Santa Claus, it was often blue. Joseph Stalin ordered Palace of Unions’ Ded Morozes to wear only blue coats. During the times of the Soviet Union’s dominance over Eastern Europe, Ded Moroz was officially introduced in many national traditions, despite being alien to them. Following the fall of the Soviet Union, there have been efforts to revive local characters. Snegurochka , or the Snow Maiden, is a character in Russian Fairy tales. In one story, she is the daughter of Spring and Frost, who yearns for the companionship of mortal humans. She grows to like a shepherd named Lel, but her heart is unable to know love. Her mother takes pity and gives her this ability, but as soon as she falls in love, her heart warms up and she melts. The story was adapted into two Soviet films: an animated film in 1952 with some of Rimsky- Korsakov’s music, also called The Snow Maiden, and a live-action film in 1969 directed by Pavel Kadochnikov, with music by Vladislav Kladnitsky. Ruth Sandersonretold the story in the picture book The Snow Princess, in which falling in love does not immediately kill the princess, but turns her into a mortal human, who will die. In a different version an old couple make a girl out of snow, who turns into a living being. She grows up quickly. A group of girls invite her for a walk in the woods, after which they make a small fire and take turns leaping over it; in some variants, this is on St. John’s Day, and a St. John’s Day tradition. When Snegurochka’s turn comes, she starts to jump, but only gets halfway before evaporating into a small cloud. We speak French, English, German and Russian. Please leave feedback once you have received the item so that I know it has arrived safely. I will leave feedback in return. Smoke & Pet Free Item. A unique opportunity to acquire a very unusual Christmas Set with 4 hanging Decorations inside a big Nesting Christmas Tree created by the Russian Artist Anna Ryabova Hight of the big tree is 21.4 cm or 8.42. The “in-person” gifts only occur at big.
