Today, Ukrainians honor the memory of the outstanding poet, artist, and public figure Taras Hryhorovych Shevchenko, who was born on March 9, 1814.
Taras Shevchenko's birthday
During his 47 years of life, Taras Shevchenko spent 24 years in serfdom, 10 in exile, and the rest under the supervision of gendarmes. Despite this, he was able to prove himself as a multi-talented artist - a poet, prose writer, playwright, and painter.
Taras Shevchenko's works have been translated into over a hundred languages of the world.
In the spiritual history of Ukraine, Shevchenko occupied and still occupies an exceptional place. The significance of his creative legacy for Ukrainian culture is difficult to overestimate.
One of the 300 craters on Mercury is named after Taras Hryhorovych. The diameter of the crater T. G. Shevchenko is 137 kilometers.
At least 1,384 known monuments to Shevchenko have been erected in territories from Brazil to China. The majority, 1,256, are located in Ukraine, with almost one and a half hundred located in 35 countries. Currently, 164 settlements in Ukraine are named after Taras Shevchenko.
Other holidays
the birthday of the Barbie doll celebrated around the world .
Barbie first appeared at the New York Children's Goods Fair (1959). She was designed by Ruth Handler, a stenographer for Mattel. It is believed that the prototype of the famous doll was Bild Lilly, the heroine of erotic comics published in the newspaper Bild Zeitung (Germany). The "model" dolls that depicted Lilly were in many ways reminiscent of early Barbie models. Paper dolls with a variety of outfits, popular in the 40s and 50s, were also called her "predecessors" - according to Handler, in childhood her daughter Barbara (after whom Barbie was named) often "played with her friends with dolls; they were paper "adult" dolls, and the girls imagined themselves in "adult life" as girls, businesswomen, or mothers. "Of course, there was a need for dolls that could introduce young ladies to the many facets of the adult world that was so attractive to them.".
The first Barbie cost $3, wore a black and white striped swimsuit (dresses for the doll had to be purchased separately), had blonde hair pulled back into a ponytail, and had black eyes.
In addition, other holidays are celebrated around the world on March 9: Pet Insect Day , International DJ Day .
March 9 is also Overcoming Day . It is about overcoming obstacles and moving forward.
Church holidays and name days
Name days on March 9 for Ivan, Hilarion, and Sophron.
As for church holidays, in the Orthodox tradition, March 9 is the day of commemoration of John the Baptist, which is also called the holiday of "Finding", or "John's Day", "Finding Nests", "Bird Sweating", "Bird Day", etc.
It was believed that it was on March 9 that one could see the arrival of the first storks and larks. The people said: “On Nabytba, birds strive for nests, children for bread, and men for work and their wives.”.
The villagers knew that seeing these birds would bring them good luck and fortune for the whole year. On March 9, they would start preparing birdhouses and hanging them on trees.
