"New year: cultural unpacking" from Anna Misiun

What is the most important holiday of the planet? As we from time to time manage to believe it is a banal “happy New year, happy new happiness!”? How did these old men with beards, fireworks and champagne? Why Olivier? Who will help to deal with the fact that this is all marketing, what tradition, what does mysticism and paganism? And most importantly - where it is, the miracle? Well, questions are many. Well, we have to turn to for clarification. Anna Misiun (Anna Misyun), associate Professor of cultural studies, art history and philosophy of culture ONPU Living room preparing for a lecture, thanks to which everything will fall into place. That's where the real miracle is to see the first Christmas card, dated 1843 and understand how it relates to modern themes, which your mother sends you in Viber and all my friends. Learn about the amazing genre - Christmas painting, disassemble the syllables Jingle Bells and remember all your wishes, written on burning paper. As the Indo-Iranian cult of Mithras and the Roman God Janus contributed to the formation of such a native us of the Gregorian cycle, and why did it become one solid New Year Shopping Day? All of this will be presented to your attention in the Living room, on the 20th of January. Anna Misiun in your so loved by the audience, the style will reveal all the secrets and relationships of the phenomenon on a planetary scale. Will Christmas come!) Entrance: 100 UAH If you sign up, we will save a place for you: https://forms.gle/rYEeZLkXQPAoP6Rm8 By the way, in order not to miss the event, the Living room, I advise you to subscribe to our telegram.-channel: https://t.me/HubLivingroom