"When our children dress up as zombies, I see us in them": Halloween in the regions
Halloween in the regions: teenagers took to the streets in costumes, and some z-communities were outraged.
Russians have reacted differently to the hundreds of teenagers who took to the streets this weekend dressed as evil spirits.NotMoscow" collected feedback from its readers and compared it with the position of the "patriotic public."
Halloween in Ryazan and Penza
Subscriber "NotMoscow»From Ryazan She recounted her 14-year-old daughter's Halloween experience. She said it went smoothly, and no one judged anyone. Groups of teenagers dressed as evil spirits strolled through the city center: some in costumes, others simply wearing holiday paraphernalia like headbands with horns or bats.
The daughter asked to go out with her friends and returned with them, with a “scary” face made up and horns on her head, a subscriber said. — The girls said that "the whole city center is like this" today: they're laughing a lot, making new friends, and just hanging out. My daughter was beaming, even though she'd been glum for two days: after all, vacation was ending. She described her feelings: "Mom, it's like a night at camp. You're supposed to be sleeping, but you can still break the routine a little: turn on the flashlights on your phone, tell scary stories, sneak into the next room."
The girl also said that strangers approached each other and jokingly reproached each other: “What kind of American holiday is this?”
So the kids are laughing at the way the authorities are presenting this date, a reader of "NeMoskva" summed it up. For them, it’s just fun, a way to dress up in an original way and feel a little free, outside the confines of “decent clothing,” “family values,” and “patriotic education.”
Subscriber from Penza On Saturday evening I was walking around the city center and met more than 30 schoolchildren in costumes.
First, I met a couple, then another group of three or five. And at some point, I realized that the painted children kept coming and coming, never ending— a subscriber said. — Many of them really put in the effort with their makeup and costumes and looked very impressive.
According to him, several establishments in the city center displayed pumpkins at their doors, and some hosted themed parties.
There was a feeling of uplifting joy and even a certain sense of unity. The guys were charged with positivity and creativity. The last time I saw something like this was before the war, at political marches. Incidentally, the riot police there were also masked and terrifying.
Impressions from the first Halloween trip shared a resident on social networks Moscow Nastasya Bassova.
“I danced until next year,” she wrote. — I'm writing this post on the subway, on my way back—and here the mummers are all fast asleep, and waking them up at the final station is impossible. So, they all headed off to the depot in a pack."
Halloween in Perm and Krasnodar
В Perm passed pumpkin run. And the leader in Halloween mentions was Krasnodar, where young people took to the streets in defiance of government bans.
“We saw how wonderful our children are, how they know how to enjoy life, and how they respect themselves and their freedom,” wrote local blogger Yana Antonova. Warnings in schools and universities about possible detentions and fines for celebrating Halloween in Krasnodar did not frighten them."
The reaction of the z-community
Meanwhile, the z-community is seething with indignation over Russians "bowing down to the values of the alien West." "Russian Community" called "the center of demonic dances" the Lenin Library in Moscow, where a Halloween-themed literary rave took place on Sunday night. And the former vice-governor Anna Minkova of Krasnodar Krai called the children's hobbies "a total defeat."
“When our children dress up in costumes of the dead, zombies and ghosts, I see us in them, don’t be offended, but we, brought to our knees,” wrote she is.
“We should be glad that at least the youth want something, are organizing something, and aren’t just moping around at their computers alone,” write subscribers of "NeMoskva". "All that's left to dig up is the New Year's tree. Under Dmitry Donskoy and even under Ivan the Terrible, trees weren't decorated. The custom came from unfriendly countries. So they'll find it easy."
