Yesterday (05.05.2017), with our dear guests, representatives of institutions, international organizations and beneficiaries, marked the most prominent Roma holiday Đurđevdan. Đurđevdan is the largest Roman holiday (roman: Ederlezi) that celebrates the return of spring.
Many of the traditions associated with it come from the common tradition of many peoples of the eastern Mediterranean.
On that day, the Roma are especially dressed, jewelry is put on, romance is echoed and romance is dancing.
Homes are decorated with flowers and rasped twigs in the welcome sign of spring.
The reenactment of this holiday includes bathing in water with flowers, and sometimes the walls of the house are washed with water. Usually this day is eating lamb.
As a traditionally nomadic people, the Roma on this holiday celebrated the end of the winter.
The Spring Waking Festival, known as Đurđevdan or Ederlezi , is recognisable throughout the region and abundant in folk traditions. Djurdevdan is usually tied to the Roma population, marking it as his biggest cultural and religious holiday.