Varvara – One of the major Christian holidays, dedicated to the Holy Great Makera Varvara (December 17/4). It is usually celebrated with domestic services. That day is digested by corn – to be spared, to make grain in the field and barns. In some areas with this holiday is connected and the customs of Main (Palaza). Lit.: Zorka Delinicolova, customs associated with individual holidays and weekly days in Radovish, “Messenger of the Ethnological Museum”, 1, Skopje, 1960; Tanas Detjinovski, Glossary of the folk mythology of Macedonians, Prilep-Skopje, 2000. M. Keith.
Original article in Macedonian language Cyrillic alphabet
Кириличен напис ВАРВАРА