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In Romania, Ignat is synonymous with the slaughter of pigs, a fact of life in many peasant households
The pig is mainly used to make products that will be consumed during the period between Christmas and Epiphany. Pig slaughter is the only activity allowed on Ignat Day.
It is forbidden to carry out other work: washing, sewing or sweeping the house. As usual, the slaughter of the pig cannot start before sunrise nor can it exceed sunset.
The slashing must take place in the light, because only light can keep evil spirits at bay by its fiery power.
Ignacio always falls in the middle of the Christmas fast, but sometimes customs and traditions, like Ignacio’s, are so ingrained that they cannot be stopped even by the strict rules imposed by the Church.
After the slaughter, the alms of the pigs follow, in which those who carried out the slaughter participate.
According to tradition, the fillet is served with polenta, but also with pickles. The table is usually placed on the patio. He eats standing up and drinks boiled brandy.
traditions
The animal’s blood, mixed with millet and allowed to dry, is good for children to smoke when they are afraid or have a cough.
After the pig is slaughtered, the pig’s head is first brought into the house, with the duck in front, so that the house can move forward.
In some parts of the country it is customary for the owner of the house to draw blood from the pig and draw a cross on the children’s foreheads to make them red and healthy.
Pig hair is kept and smoked with children when they are believed to be messy. He also smokes cattle shelters to protect them from attack by wildlife.
Various organs of the slaughtered pig are used as remedies in the treatment of human or animal diseases and in magical healing practices of diseases attributed to the eye, evil spirits.
