Не знам дали некаде на форумов било кажано за
Русалии, но обично во МК етнологија и фолклористика тие скоро секогаш се спомнуваат, па и во енциклопедии, дали имаат корен во македонската антика не е потврдено, но слушајки една емисија на радио разбрав дека и за името не се знае вистинското потекло и се даваа различни претпоставки, дури се спомнуваа и розите што за мене беше доста наивно.
Од друга страна ние имаме еден збор за плава коса
(руси коси) и чудно во друг контекст го немам слушнато во стари народни преданија, дали можеби
руса одговара на
златна па да има врска и со сонцето нешто со сончева митологија евентуално.
На интернет пронајдов текст кој кажува дека оваа традиција во одреден облик дошла и до Романија па и тие си прават приказни.
Еве нешто од интернет:
Macedonian Rusalii
The most common name for these traditions is Rusalii. This name comes from the Slavic equivalent to the Romanian Iele, evil fairies who cause illness during the “dirty days”. The Rusalii traditions of the Aromanians and Slavs in Macedonia have many similarities to the Romanian Căluş. The custom happens between Christmas and 12th Night, with bands of 20 to 60 young men who form the rusalski družini. In common with the Căluş, no one is allowed to go among them except those who wished to be healed, and the Meglo-Aroumanian version includes a mute dressed in fancy dress. The Bulgarian Eska have one part of group masked, carrying wooden swords, and the other wear large bells and have their faces blacked, this combination of two distinct groups can also be found in Austria.
Some speculate that the name Rusalii derives from the Roman Rosalia festival of the Romanised Thracians, which has its routes in the ceremonies of the ancient Thracians. Term Rosalia occurs in old Bulgarian manuscripts where it is loosely applied to kukeri dances and other rites, all condemned by the medieval church. The earliest documentary reference is by Demetrios Cromatianos (Archbishp of Ohrid) recorded in the 13th century.
The Rusalii dances are found among the Slavs between Jenidje & Vadar, Petrovo and Djevdjlija, and the Eska dances among Bulgarians around Vodeno & Castoria. The Aroumainian Alungucearii or Aruguciari dances take place after Lent, and these have now spread to Dobrogea (Romania) due to the recent population exchanges. In Serbia the Rusalii of Duboka has some common characteristics with the Căluş and Rusalii in that such as the leader carries sword and they cure sick & carry garlic.
One could speculate the Arnăuţi of Moldavia could be derived from the customs around Macedonia. In Romanian Arnăuţi means Albanian or mercenary, and the dance includes a feature of dances in columns with striking of swords in stylised battle which can be seen in the performances of Rusalii but is not found elsewhere in Romania. Could this be the remnant left behind by some displaced southern Balkan peoples?
RUSALII
It is a very important religious feast which means the descent of the Wholy Spirit. In many villages it is celebrated for three days. In Romanian traditional mythology the "rusalii" are a sort of evil fairies, which unleash storms, cripple people, and are alike the pixies. In Maramures, on the occasion of the Rusalii, people adorn their houses with jasmin and peony flowers.
On the day of Rusalii everyone (with no exception) goes to church, to attend the religious service. After it finishes the vexillums and the icon are taken out of the church. A procession is formed and together with the priest everyone goes to the limit of the village to the limit cross (the Troita). Here the priest officiates the sanctification of the land and prays for the crops and the removal of malfactors. On the way backthe vaxillums are adorned with knotted wheat as a sign of the richness of the crop. Still now, every family will take home the sanctified water in a bowl which is ment to sprinkle the animals, and the flowers in the garden. The water is kept in the house, as it is believed to be good for certain pains or the "evil eye" (used to extinct the coil).
Concerning the Rusalii, but for Sanziene also, it is believed that the thunders into the hazelnut tree and all fruits fall down. On hearing the first thunder, villagers use to hit their head with an iron and say:
Leru, leru,
My head stronger than the iron.
This way the person will become fearless, stronger and braver.
The legend of Rusalii
Charming, whimsical and revengeful, weird characters, like no others in the European mythology, without being mischievous nor good-hearted, Rusalcele can be seen sailing through the sky or in the forest, being the souls of the girls who died young and the daughters of Rusalim Emperor.
Their dance in circle, in the air or in the forest’s openings, is so gracious that every mortal desires to see it, though the punishment is terrible. They wonder around in odd souls herds. If they happen to be seen or heard by someone, that person shouldn’t move or speak to the spirits. Wherever they dance, the land remains burned and battered, the grass blackens or it stops growing.
The folk stories often portray a Prince fallen under the spell of Rusalii spirits, mistaken for Ielele. The Prince is the prisoner of the beautiful women, being forced to look at them each night while dancing, taking the vital energy away from him. The spell is so powerful that the Prince is unable to release himself. The help of a young lady is in this case compulsory, but salvation is hard to achieve.
In “Descriptio Moldaviae”, Dimitrie Cantemir spoke about “Iele “as being “the nymphs of the air, fallen in love with the most beautiful young men”. The origin of this myth is unknown, “iele” not being a name, but the personal feminine pronoun “ele” (they), spelled with a rural accent. This myth was later assimilated with the Christian Post Pascal holiday of The Fiftieth Day (Cincizecimea), which turned into the Rusalii Sunday. Rusalii is the traditional holiday which is celebrated in the same day with the Fiftieth Day (Cincizecimea), being devoted especially to the celebration of the spirits of the dead. The Christians celebrate the Rusalii for three days (in Moldavia or Transylvania), seven days (Muntenia and Oltenia) or eight days (in Banat).
The tradition has it that those who sin and do not respect the Rusalii days are punished by the Iele, who make them go crazy or make them look ugly, the only remedy for the diseases left by the Iele being dry wormwood put under the pillow. It is not indicated to sleep outside during the Rusalii night, to go to the fountains or at crossroads. During this day, lime branches and wallnut tree leaves are brought to the church. After being sanctified, these are hanged at houses eaves or at icons.
A unique folk tradition in the country gathers during Rusalii, in Batin, a place nearby Cluj, hundreds of tourists. The name of the tradition is called “impanatul boului” and it consists of a procession which takes place on the roads of the village, the main character being an ox adorned with garland of flowers. In front of the church, the priest sanctifies it and then pours drinks to the people. The ox is at a certain moment released and, according to the tradition, a maiden “suppresses” it, and goes three times around a table with it being, in the villagers’ cheers. The tradition also mentions that the girl will marry within one year.
After Rusalii, the villagers from the Valley of Gurghiu –Mures District- are celebrating all year the tradition called “watering the wives”. According to the tradition, only those women who will be watered will be healthier and more beautiful. Rusaliile punish people that commit bad deeds, those that don’t respect the holidays, those that sleep underneath the trees or bring water from the fountain after the night falls; they bring them up in whirl, they make them look ugly or transform their faces. If a human is seen by the Rusalii that are dancing or if he steps on the place they had been dancing, he falls ill with the disease traditionally called “taken by Rusalii”.
One can get rid of these diseases through spell pronounced during Rusalii, reading from Holy Books at the Monastery, entering the Horse’s Dance or jumping over the rock that the Horses dancers put on the Earth. After they leave the tombs during the Great Thursday and spend the Easter with the living, Rusalliile refuse to go back to their places. To make them go, people give away food or objects in their name during Mosii de Vara. During their great Feasts (Sfredelul Rusaliilor, Rusalii, the first day of Saint’s Peter Lent), when these spirits of the dead became extremely dangerous, people used to wear garlic or wormwood at their belt or they entered in the Dance of the Hores (Hora Calusului) in the Rusalii Day. The magic-ritual remedy against the diseases caused by the Rusalii women was to be found in the Southern part of the country and in Moldova, namely the Horsemen (Calusarii). It was also The Horsemen (Calusarii) who made them go away from the world of the living.
Инаку штета што не можам овде да ја постирам сликата од
русалките ритуални игри со сабји (некаде во Петрич од некој тамушен фолк ансамбл), некако технички не адекватно е решено на форумов,
но еве го линкот:
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c.1330, from L. regalis "royal, kingly, belonging to a king," from rex (gen. regis) "king," from PIE base *reg- "move in a straight line," hence, "direct, rule, guide" (cf. Skt. raj- "a king, a leader;" Avestan razeyeiti "directs;" Pers. rahst "right, correct;" L. regere "to rule," rex "a king, a leader," rectus "right, correct;" O.Ir. ri, Gaelic righ "a king;" Gaul. -rix "a king," in personal names, e.g. Vircingetorix; Goth. reiks "a leader;" O.E. rice "kingdom," -ric "king," rice "rich, powerful," riht "correct;" Goth. raihts, O.H.G. recht, O.Swed. reht, O.N. rettr "correct").
значи НЕБО. (од таму и името на Богот на небото УРАН : УР+АН!). Така, името КАРАН (Кераун, Керавн) би значело (приближно) : НЕБЕСЕН ОГАН, ОГАН ОД НЕБОТО. Тоа е мое толкување, не мора да е точно, но прилично е логично.