Citations:Birds' Wedding

English citations of Birds' Wedding

• 1972, Gerald Stone, The smallest Slavonic nation: the Sorbs of Lusatia. Athlene Press. pp. 130–31:

  On 25 January in Upper Lusatia the custom of Ptači kwas (Birds’ Wedding) is observed. [...] Following the First World War the Birds’ Wedding began to assume a new form, and eventually developed into a popular festival which was given a new impulse after 1945.

• 2002, World Literature Today, vol. 75. University of Oklahoma Press, p. 45:

  At the more advanced grade levels, we had the option to continue learning Sorbian in a formal setting. German was the language of instruction for almost all courses except religion. Sorbian cultural life there was quite dismal. We celebrated Christmas and Easter in a traditional Sorbian manner.
  GW: Did you celebrate the “Birds’ Wedding”?

• 2004, Allan O. Kownslar, The European Texans. Texas A&M University Press, →ISBN, p. 120:

  The Birds’ Wedding was a custom especially for Wendish children that went as follows: “On January 25th the children would place empty plates and saucers outside, usually on fence posts and other high places to prevent raids by dogs and cats. The next morning the children would wake up to find the dishes filled with candy and nuts supposedly left for them by the birds. [The birds] were said to be celebrating their wedding and wanted to share their gifts with neighboring humans.”

• 2010, Andrea Schulte-Peevers et al., Germany, Lonely Planet Travel Guide, →ISBN p. 167:

  The Sorbs were protected under the GDR and since reunification interest in the culture has been revived through the media and colourful Sorbian festivals such as the Vogelhochzeit (Birds’ Wedding) on 25 January and a symbolic ‘witch-burning’ on 30 April.

• 2010, Fen-fang Tsai, Gender and identity construction across difference: cultural discourses and everyday practices among Sorbs in Germany. Domowina-Verlag, →ISBN, p. 231:

  In addition to Peter’s occasionally speaking the Sorbian language, Gabriella is learning the Sorbian language and culture by participating in some activities together with her son, for example, the 1000^th anniversary of the founding of Bautzen (2002), the Birds’ Wedding (on January 25^th) and St. Martin’s Day (on November 11^th).