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“НАШЕ ЖИТТЯ”, ВЕРЕСЕНЬ 200 8 15 Dolls for the vertep performance. They were moved on the stage by means of a wire. demonstrates how an old sieve becomes the base for a traditional caroling star. He illustrates the intricate design of the shopka or rotating Nativity Scene and gives designs for a vertep or portable puppet stage. One picture shows two men carrying a vertep; another shows people watching the puppet theater; a third illustrates the position of the puppeteers during the presentation. Shalaga then shows how to make home- made Christmas decorations, write Easter eggs with a pin, or decorate houses with branches of linden tree for the Holy Trinity and other greens for St. John’s Day. H e illustrates how people painted flowery designs on the whitewashed wall of the stove, made paper curtains for the windows, paper flowers, lamp shades and frames, their own clothes, pipes, furniture, baskets, and rugs. The most intriguing page in this section explains the step-by-step wiring of clay dishes and pots. 9 A piece of pottery that was slightly cracked would not be thrown away but wired. Most every- one knew how to do this, but special craftsman known as “drotiari” went from village to village to wire dishes. Shalaga’s illustrated instructions for wiring of clay pots. “Two stron g rings are put around the pot. Then a wire is stretched, first vertically and then horizontals from one ring to another.”
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