ОUR ANCESTORS ARE

SLAVS

1) According to the first point of view Slavs are a native population of Eastern Europe. They originate from living here in an early ferrous century.

ECONOMY OF ANCIENT SLAVS

The agricultural economy of ancient Slavs very small looked like modern. Not to die of hunger and to outlive a long and cold winter, a man had to expend enormous efforts. Except agriculture ancient Slavs also engaged in breeding of live-stock - sheep, cows and pigs, hunted on different beasts, fished. Very important in an economic relation employment of ancient Slavs was apiculture - collecting of honey of wild bees.

CLOTHESThe clothing of ancient Slavs

would not stagger you beauty and bright paints. A primary color was white. Mainly it was made from flax.Before there were not factories, therefore people grew flax, processed it and wove linen from the got fibres.

HEAD-DRESSESIn antiquity both men and women carried head-dresses. To appear in public with the uncovered head was considered improper. Head-dresses were various. In winter man carried fur caps. Going out from house in other time, they put on a leather or woven hubcap.

SHOES

APPEARANCE Slavs, on description, were round-

faced, with light brown hair, with large blue eyes.

A height they were high, wide in shoulders.

HOUSE

Slavs lived in dug-outs.

EDUCATIONOur ancestors –

Slavs were well-educated

people: simple people

wrote to each other of letter.

INTERESTING FACTS FROM LIFE OF SLAVS

Slavs were not able to trade and those, who was able – beat. In food Slavs used everything, whatever was used in drink. In a year Slavs had 364 holidays and New Year. Interestingly, that New Year for Slavs began first December and ended in March. Slavs were freedom-loving people. They were often taken in slavery, but they did not work there.