Festival of Veles

The Festival of Veles is celebrated by followers of the Slavic Native Faith at 11th[1] or 24th[2] February and is devoted to the god Veles. During a festival the prayers for looking after farm animals and health are carried to it with accompanion of milk sacrifices.[3] The important part of festival is feast, which is taking place near a sacred place, e.g. a temple. During a feast, eating veal meat is strictly forbidden. The main dish that is eaten during the festival time is richly flavoured by fat groat.[4] Ritual fights are often accompaning the celebrations.[3]

Festival of Veles
Preparation of sacrifices before a ritual during Festival of Veles in Będzin, 2019
Observed bySlavic people
Significancecelebration of midwinter
Date11th or 24th February
Related toVeles (god)

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  • Гайворонская, Анастасия Викторовна (2017). Традиционные славянские праздники солярного цикла. Всероссийский фестиваль науки NAUKA 0+. XXI Международная конференция студентов, аспирантов и молодых ученых «Наука и образование» (г. Томск, 17–21 апреля 2017 г.) (PDF) (in Russian). Томск: ФГБОУ ВО «ТГПУ». pp. 159–163.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Суровегина, Екатерина Сергеевна (2017). «День Велеса» в праздничном цикле союза общин «Велесов Круг» (PDF). Религия и общество – 11. сборник научных статей (in Russian). Могилёв: Могилевский государственный университет имени А.А. Кулешова. pp. 228–230. ISBN 978-985-568-290-6.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
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