Open-armed welcome of guests has always been a feature that characterizes Slavic nations. Russian hospitality showed not only generosity but also greatness of person’s soul.
Meetings and send-offs
Make your guest happy with bread and salt, as mix of bread and salt plays an extremely serious role: treating smb to bread means that one wishes him wealth and well-being, salt is referred to mean a talisman capable to protect a person from enemy forces and influences.
If you treat a guest to salt and bread makes some friendly and strong ties between a guest and a host; if a guests refuses it, that will mean an insult. That’s why they say in Russia: “Even a tzar will never refuse bread and salt”.
And of course songs accompanied with balalaika will become an essential part of greeting or a farewell so your guests will remember your reception forever!
