Crude (sura) – appointment of the new year according to the old calendar. The name comes from the crude, hitting people and goods (especially sick and frail) with raw rods, believing that they will initiate health and happiness. And in the songs he is singing: “Crude, raw year …” The customs are performed separately children, separately adults. Children burn fire on the village, then go by homes and singing Vasilic songs, raw domestic and gifts. Adults are organized in larger companies, sing songs, perform dramatic games with many vulgar content, harsh people, chase the demons, but they say many blessings for a happy and fertile year. Lit.: Serbian folk customs U-testeliski Kazi. Premovio and Opisshaoo Stefan Tans ¢, Teacher, Belgrade, 1927; Vera Klichkova, Christmas customs in the Skopje valley, “messenger of the Ethnological Museum”, 1, Skopje, 1960; Naum Celakovski, Debarca, rituals and ritual games, Skopje, 1984; Marko Kitevski, Macedonian holidays, Skopje, 2001. M. Keith.
Original article in Macedonian language Cyrillic alphabet
Кириличен напис СУРОВА