{"id":2360,"date":"2017-01-31T08:20:47","date_gmt":"2017-01-31T05:20:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lauska.lv\/blog\/new-video-metens-by-auli\/"},"modified":"2017-01-31T08:20:47","modified_gmt":"2017-01-31T05:20:47","slug":"new-video-metens-by-auli","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lauska.lv\/en\/blog\/new-video-metens-by-auli\/","title":{"rendered":"New video &#8220;Metens&#8221; by Au\u013ci"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe title=\"Au\u013ci - Metens\" width=\"680\" height=\"383\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UCEf2WTEA2s?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Bud\u0113\u013ci are spirits of fertility who are said to live in the grain fields. In autumn, farmers perform special rituals to catch Jumis, the god of fertility, and put him to bed for the winter. At the Mete\u0146i celebration in February they wake him up again. The arrival at this celebration of bud\u0113\u013ci \u2013 masked figures related to mummers who wake the fertility in the soil and people\u2013 signifies that spring is nearing. Only men dress as bud\u0113\u013ci, because they are the ones who plough, plant and tend to the fields. At Mete\u0146i, bud\u0113\u013ci go from house to house, from farm to farm, from field to field, performing various rituals along the way, thereby bringing blessings and fertility to the fields, livestock and people.<\/p>\n<p>The typical bud\u0113\u013ci mask\/costume is a fur coat turned inside out. They wear special cone-shaped straw hats decorated with wood shavings or strips of cloth hanging down over their faces. They carry bunches of sticks and branches decorated with colourful bits of yarn as well as large staffs or walking sticks to make noise. They hang a bell or a carrot and two onions from their belts. When entering a house, bud\u0113\u013ci sing and comment about all of the girls and young women in the household and use their bunches of sticks (signifying fertility) to give them spankings. They also perform various games to test the vigour of the people in the household. The spankings continue until the young women buy their freedom with a pair of mittens or by tying ribbons or yarn onto the bunch of sticks. Those who receive spankings are said to enjoy health, vitality and fertility for the entire coming year \u2013 all of their work will bring fruitful results, and there is even great hope that the young women will find husbands in the autumn. People eagerly await the bud\u0113\u013ci in their homes and offer them many tasty treats, because bud\u0113\u013ci bring blessings to a home and fields and activate the life force. When it comes time for the bud\u0113\u013ci to move on, the hostess gives them foods to take along. After all, an exchange of energy must take place.<\/p>\n<p>Song \/\/ Metens by <a href=\"http:\/\/lauska.lv\/veikals\/makslinieki\/auli\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Au\u013ci <\/a>from album &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/lauska.lv\/veikals\/products-page\/cd\/auli\/gadalokos\/?lang=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Gadalokos<\/a>&#8221;<br \/>\nDirected \/\/ Kaspars B\u0101rbals<br \/>\nCameras \/\/ Gatis Indr\u0113vics and Eriks Kukutis Photography<br \/>\nThanks to \/\/ Lauska, J\u0101nis Jasjukevi\u010ds, Gunta Sili\u0146a, Just\u012bne Jasjukevi\u010da, Janta Jasjukevi\u010da, Katr\u012bna Valtere, Mi\u0137elis Zalans, Daina Zal\u0101ne, Juris Zal\u0101ns<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bud\u0113\u013ci are spirits of fertility who are said to live in the grain fields. In autumn, farmers perform special rituals to catch Jumis, the god of fertility, and put him to bed for the winter. 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