"Shermition's" Cossack house games

"Shermition" – traditional military games of the Don Cossacks. Stanitsa house games which were often dated for festive dates (A cover of the Blessed Virgin, the Christmas-tide, the Red hill, the Trinity) are the basis for these games. Similar competitions included jumps, a fancy riding on a horse, a flankirovka the weapon, the rod cabin, traditional types of fight and fisticuffs. Their options differed from the village to the village a little, however as a whole all these types possessed common features. They generally can be characterized as style features of military art of the Don Cossacks. In Christmas celebration...