25. Mai 2004, 15:16

On Saturday I was at a big family-party. We were celebrating my nephew's so-called "Jugendweihe", a ceremony in which fourteen-year-olds get adult social status.

My German-Russian dictionary says it is called in Russian "праздник совершеннолетия". It is more an East-German tradition and a bit similar to the religious confirmation.

But actually it is just a party for the whole family, an opportunity to gather and to talk and to drink a lot. I am not such a fan of it, because I think, it has no sense anymore. Well, anyway - it is just once in life.

It is also a tradition, that day the "new" adult receives as presents some money from his relatives. I think this is more the reason why the kids like and want to celebrate it...



Do you wanna know, what I gave? He got from me a book about the tales of ancient Greece. and a green One-Hundred-Euro-Note.