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Koliada, also called Koleda, is the word for the Slavic traditional time-period and deriving from pre-Christian times, occurring between Epiphany and Christmas and is associated with the rituals which are part of Slavic Christmas, with pre-Christian cultural elements present. This is celebrated as festivity and holiday and is cherished in Honor of the Sun during Winter Solstice. The Festival is characterized by carols being sung at house by troop of singers who visit the houses of the common folks. The origin of the word according to one conjecture suggests that it is derived from the practice of winter-ritual cycle, that comes from the ancient Roman word – Calendae (First Day of Every Month in Roman Calendar). The current Polish language pronunciation of the word is phonetically nearest to the Old Slavonic pronunciation, as Polish retains the nasal-vowels of the Proto-Slavic language. It is a now more of a festivity of Children and Teenagers who roam from house to house of common folks while singing and showering grains as a gesture of good fortune and receive candies and token money in reciprocation. This activity is called - Kolyadovanye in Russian and - Kolyaduvannya in Ukrainian and similar to ancient East Slavic festivities and other folk holidays like Generous Eve (New Years Eve according to Julian Calendar, 13th January). In current-times, thus the meaning of the word in different Slavic languages like Belarusian, Ukrainian, Czech, Slovakian, Croatian, Kashubian, Polish as well as within Slavs of Balkan have shifted to rambling, singing, making merry in Christmas-eve than what used to be applied for Christmas itself. The kids who visit in groups to sing carols are called – Koledari - and the songs they sing are called the – Kolyadki. Koliada is also celebrated by the Slavic Speakers of Greek Macedonia in Northern Greece, where it is celebrated by setting up of community gathering in village square and lighting up of bonfires.

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