This piece of culture characterizes people and describes mentality. Belarussians are known for tolerance and hospitality. By their origin holidays can be divided on church , national and state holidays . Though some of the church or national holidays became state with the flow of time because they accumulated a lot of symbolic meaning for people. During all its history Belarus remained an agricultural country.
Celebrations are colourful, contain elements of theatrical act, performance, ritualism, game.
Others have mystical and strict rites. Ones sustained thier meaning through centuries, while others appeared comparatively little time ago. But all of them are ceremonial.