The Kata Pyacha game

The Kata Pyacha game

In the agro-town of Skirmantovo, Dzerzhinsky district, a live competition, which has long been widespread in the Minsk region, will take place - the Kata Pyacha game!

Since 2017, the ritual game "Kata piachy" has been included in the list of the intangible cultural heritage of the Republic of Belarus. Every year on the eve of the Christmas Fast, the hostess bakes special pies according to a traditional recipe, from which the owner will later assemble the figure of a cat in the presence of guests – the symbolic guardian of the hearth and family well-being.

The main purpose of the ceremony: every single and unmarried participant in the action should find a mate and create a family, and the married ones lived in a happy marriage. According to tradition, it is important to bite the "cat" by the tail so that harmony and well-being reign in the family for the next year. The whole action is accompanied by folk songs, ditties, accordion dancing, and jokes.

Place: Minsk region, Dzerzhinsky district, Skirmantovo village
Time: November 27, 2024