Funny Holidays - Ladybug Day

Throughout the year, there are a lot of fun holidays dedicated to insects: bees, green grasshoppers, scarabs, butterflies and ants. Most celebrations are not official, which does not detract from their significance. In many cultures, insects such as bees and ants are considered symbols of hard work and wisdom. The ladybug is associated with luck and kindness. According to beliefs, she lives in heaven and occasionally descends to earth as a messenger of higher powers. In honor of her, an unusual holiday was invented - Ladybug Day, which falls on June 13th. Extremely favorable omens are associated with this cute insect. It is believed that meeting a ladybug brings happiness, good luck and good news. The bug lives on all continents except Antarctica, and everywhere people treat it with love and respect. The Dutch are convinced that a ladybug landing on a person is a good omen, and the Czechs also agree with them. The French make talismans with her image to protect children from harm. According to the signs of most peoples, a ladybug flying into a house warns of the visit of guests. The appearance of a bug in a home is a sign of a harmonious and friendly family, and for childless couples it is a harbinger of the birth of their first child. In pagan times, the insect was treated with reverence and respect. Our ancestors were sure that the ladybug was a link between the world of living people and the afterlife. In Rus', the well-being of people largely depended on the harvest. The ladybug, a great worker, protected crops from aphids by eating adult parasites, their larvae and eggs. For this help, literally sent down from heaven, the insect got its name. In the Christian tradition, the ladybug is considered an attribute of the Mother of God. Therefore, in Anglo-Saxon countries she is called Ladybird, Lady Beetle or Ladybug, by the word Lady meaning the Virgin Mary. An insect with a red back also acts as a symbol of the blood shed for the sins of mankind by Jesus. Believers draw very obvious parallels between the son of God and the winged heavenly messenger. The risen Christ defeated decay, that is, death, and the ladybug eats aphids, which destroy living plants. The cute bug brings great benefits to people, which is why a holiday was established in its honor. It is celebrated with special pleasure by children, who from generation to generation happily repeat calls and sayings, for example: “Ladybug, fly to the sky. There your children eat candy...” Adults also do not ignore the holiday in honor of the cute little bug . Ladybug Day is a good reason to learn more about the world around us and its inhabitants.