Tuesday, January 18, 2011

"Thy noble shape is but a form of wax"

(MSNBC) - Young women examine melted wax during a Russian Orthodox Christmas-tide party on the eve of Epiphany in B2 club in Moscow on Jan. 18. On winter nights set aside for fortune telling, young Russian women drip hot wax, throw shoes out of the window and crumple newspapers, hoping to get a hint about their future husbands and careers.

Posted by Byzantine, TX

3 comments:

  1. The CrescatJanuary 19, 2011 at 9:18 AM

    great image.

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  2. Marco da VinhaJanuary 20, 2011 at 5:06 PM

    Russians believe there is a meaning in dripped wax? My mother must have Russian blood then: she believes that depending on how a candle burns, and what shapes it makes with the wax, that there's a meaning.

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  3. Byzantine, TXJanuary 21, 2011 at 9:08 AM

    I'm sure it's pretty common among cultures that use wax candles. A sad commonality.

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