The
most popular post of last year’s 24 Days of a Baltic Christmas was Inga’s tutorial
on day 16: PUZURIS – An enchanting little decoration. The Latvian puzuri can be considered the most widely
known traditional Latvian Christmas tree decoration, and besides being popular on Lithuanian and Estonian Christmas trees, the geometric decorations are seeing newfound
popularity across the world.
Today
a friend of Mikus joins us with a puzuris
tutorial: this one more appropriate for little hands as the traditional form
utilizes straw - not only difficult to find but hard to come by in our neck of
the woods. Check out this video from the Fallon Time Show on how to make your
very own puzuri from pasta and twine!
A
great big thanks to Fallon (and her mom!) for joining us on 24 Days of a Baltic
Christmas. I hope she had fun learning about this centuries-old traditional
ornament and is proud of the beautiful addition to your Christmas tree!
If you
would like to see more of Fallon, please subscribe to her youtube channel The Fallon Time Show. She covers everything from yoga to moon dough to painting with squirt guns! See you back here tomorrow for Day Five of 24 Days of a Baltic Christmas!
so awesome!
ReplyDeleteDrinking straws are also a child-friendly alternative for making puzuri!
ReplyDeleteYes, thanks for the reminder! The plastic ones are great, and older children can usually work with the paper ones - more similar to straw, the original material.
DeleteAh yes, these are wonderful! However, it's not just a Baltic tradition though - all Nordic countries (Finland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark) have equally been making these straw ornaments for centuries and centuries but called them "Himmeli"/"Himmel". That name at least originates from Germanic languages and they were also popular in Central Europe in the Middle-Ages - not sure what is the case of Puzuri though :)
ReplyDeleteGreat tutorial! Thanks!
Yes, the Scandinavian, Baltic and other northern European countries all have their version... You can find a bit more on the origins in this post: http://femmeaufoyer2011.blogspot.com/2014/12/a-baltic-christmas-day-16-puzuris.html
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