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Outfits from the "bazaar" or "boutique", unimaginable hairstyles, dawn on the avenue and in the forest, alcohol officially and from under the floor - we remember graduation different eras…

Magic Prom: Cinderella Dress

Evgeniya, 37 years, teacher in English :

Graduation I remember the fact that my mother sewed fabulous dress in which I was like Cinderella at the ball. At that time, we lived quite modestly, and there was no money for exquisite evening dresses. But literally for a penny in the Central Department Store, she bought gold brocade, from which curtains and capes were usually sewn. As a result, I had an outfit that Yanina Zheimo herself would envy, with a chic rose on the neckline and a fluffy white lower skirt. Shoes of the 35th size were attached to the dress. So I was immediately dubbed Cinderella. But the prince didn’t meet at that time, I was very modest and shy.

It’s a pity that my outfit didn’t last long, I put it on again: for my eighteenth birthday.

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Mystical Prom: You Can't Race Death

Yuri, 45 years, culturologist:

This kind Mystic stories in different variations are found in the Internet space, and they relate to the “box with desires”. At the graduation ball, classmates put sheets with predictions of their expected future in them, but this is not always safe, especially if you approach this process nonchalantly. Usually such a box opens after 5 years, and what you see can amaze everyone present. Especially when one of the writers is no longer alive. Here is one such story that belongs to the category of "urban legends".

At the graduation party, in the heat of the fun, one of the graduates, a merry fellow named Zhenya, invited his class to write their desires on the sheets of paper, who wants to become who, and in the future to read their desires and find out who achieved their goal and who did not. All such an idea was accepted with a bang and they began to write down on pieces of paper who wants to become who. What was written was collected and safely sealed in a box, removing it, while favorably forgetting about the cherished box.

5 years have passed, the day of the meeting of graduates has come. The whole class gathered, except for that mischievous Zhenya. The fact is that Zhenya got a job as a bodyguard and died, covering the body of a guarded object at work. Again, fun, the joy of meeting, memories. And then someone remembered the box of notes. They took out the box, opened it and sorted out the notes - each his own. All but one. No one had any doubts - it belonged to Zhenya. Since at that graduation he did not tell anyone what he had written, they hurried to open the sheet and read it. On it was written: "And I will no longer be."

The moral of the story is clear: you cannot run a race with Death, and it must be treated with due respect.

Tragic graduation: just not to drown and burn alive

Karina, 22 years old, philologist:

I will never forget my graduation! I am from Braslav and my school was located near the lake. We celebrated there, in one of the coastal cafes. In the middle of the evening, someone offered to freshen up and take a walk to the lake, and at the same time take pictures there against the sunset sky. There were about 10 of us on the masonry, apparently, she could not stand the revelry of cheerful graduates, the piles tilted - and we all flew into the water. It was not too deep there, but I didn’t reach the bottom right away and I was very scared, everyone sobered up in an instant! The girls' makeup was dripping, their hair was ruined. We swam ashore and went back wet. In general, we changed into jeans and sweaters, which we took with us to meet the dawn. And so they celebrated. But the “surprises” of the evening did not end there. There was also a brazier in the courtyard of the cafe, and so one girl was warming herself with him, and when she was already leaving, she turned unsuccessfully and her tulle cape caught fire and instantly flared up. It's good that the hair, abundantly covered with varnish, did not catch fire.

Comic graduation: when a snack left a mark not only on the road

Galina Vasilievna Bogdanova, 62 years old, pensioner:

I graduated from Babinichskaya high school Vitebsk region. My graduation, despite the fact that a lot of time has passed, I remember like now. The guys and I were preparing to celebrate it at the home of one of our classmates. We stocked up on moonshine and homemade wine and thought about making it for a snack. And then it was possible on the collective farm to write out a calf for slaughter for a penny. And so I, as an activist, together with the father of my classmate, Uncle Petya, were equipped on a cart to go to the collective farm for veal.

We arrived there - and there is such dirt, it is impossible to pass. They show us a calf in the fence, and he stands a little on his feet, staggers, it is clear that he is unwell. Yes, dirty! Somehow, Uncle Petya took it and put it on the load.

We are carrying a calf, and he is almost dying, and also weakens him all the way. And Uncle Petya said to me: “You put it on the edge, and hold it, let it do its business on the road, but don’t grease the cart for me.” So we drove, and behind the trail remained ...

They brought him alive, slaughtered his folders, and our mothers prepared them. Everyone ate and praised. But I never touched it - I couldn’t forget our whole road ...

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Freedom-loving graduation: barefoot in the city

Anastasia, 23 years old, pharmacist:

Thinking about my school graduation, I immediately remember that at that time, according to the rules, graduates were categorically not allowed to leave the territory of the holiday (in my case, it was the CDC "KIM"). Even if you really wanted to leave, it was not allowed, because it was required that then your parents would certainly take you away. And, you see, who will go for this in the middle of the night? This seriously offended my freedom-loving nature, therefore, having agreed with a classmate, sometimes demonstrating a fire show, we slipped away for a walk around the city at night. We didn't go far, because we knew what they would be looking for. I wanted to rest, breathe fresh air and enjoy a wonderful warm night. Therefore, having reached Mayakovsky Square, we took off our boring shoes and set about getting rid of another indispensable attribute of graduation - a carefully styled hairstyle. Thus we enjoyed our freedom and rejoiced heartily at our escape. And, believe me, it was the most fun and pleasant memory of my high school prom.

Dreamy graduation: unearth a mummy in Egypt

Olga, 29 years, teacher primary school :

Graduation party we celebrated the whole parallel, in the dining room of the university. And probably the holiday would not have been particularly memorable (an ordinary evening, dancing, tears, alcohol in the bosom), if not for one “but”. Our classroom teacher brought letters that we wrote to ourselves in the 1st grade. It was so unexpectedly nice to receive greetings from the past! It turns out that I wanted to become an archaeologist and dig up mummies in Egypt. Never in my life would I have thought that I had such a dream! Of course, I can no longer become an archaeologist, but I need to go to Egypt - at least to clear my conscience. Well, it was funny to watch the faces of classmates who read their notes - it was as if that naive first-grader woke up in everyone. Thanks to Lyubov Nikolaevna for such a gift!

And finally, a romantic graduation: marry a policeman

Olga Nikolaevna Korsakova, 34 years, teacher:

For me, graduation is one of the most important events in my life - meeting my future husband. And it was like that. We went with half of our class to meet the dawn at Three Bayonets. Our guys were a little tipsy, and we girls didn’t even have time to figure out how the fight started and all four of our guys got into it. We run around, trying to calm them down, shouting, but we are afraid to separate them. And then two policemen pass by. They stole our boys away, they wanted to take them to the police, but we began to ask them to let everyone go, they say, we have a holiday, graduation, it happens once in a lifetime. Then one of the policemen said to me: “Give me, beauty, your phone number and address, then we will let my classmates go.” And I liked him immediately, and I agreed. We have been married for fifteen years, we have two sons, we built an apartment in Bilevo. And every summer, when we see graduates in the city, we remember our first acquaintance.

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Graduation ball is the brightest event that any student is looking forward to, because in addition to saying goodbye to school, on this day he says goodbye to childhood and enters adulthood. Graduation parties from time immemorial were held beautifully, solemnly and on a large scale, because every effort was made to ensure that graduates remember such a wonderful day for the rest of their lives.

history of the holiday

Graduations were held during the reign of Peter l. The first graduates were students of the School of Mathematical and Navigational Sciences in Moscow. Pupils of the Corps of Pages were inventive in holding the event. They ordered rings from the masters, on which symbols were applied, which were a specific sign. This sign helped to recognize each other after many years at a meeting. It should be noted that the fair sex could not initially be present at such a holiday, that is, a kind of discrimination reigned. The appearance of noblewomen at such a holiday became possible only in the 19th century, but going out "into the light" was a kind of bride-to-be - parents tried to find gentlemen for their daughters.

The amazing tradition of holding graduations was interrupted in 1917, but already in the 30s it was resumed, but, of course, there was no trace of the previous scale. Now, the fiery speeches of teachers have become an indispensable attribute, who brought schoolchildren into life, who are still remembered as first-graders, but it should be noted.

The tradition of graduation parties was interrupted during the Great Patriotic War. On Saturday, June 22, 1941, schoolchildren celebrated the end of school. Many youths who were dressed in beautiful costumes, and the girls in evening dresses already in the morning went to the front, to fight for their country. After the war, proms began to pass as a farewell to a carefree life. There was a wonderful tradition, the whole class to meet the dawn on the embankment of the city.

In the 70s, proms suffered another revolution. Instead of beautiful evening dresses, came more recently banned mini-skirts, bright makeup and chemistry, because the main goal of the graduates was not to beautifully say goodbye to school time, but to outshine your friends and become the most beautiful. Parents, as a rule, the organization of such a holiday cost a large amount, because in order to organize beautiful holiday they had to spend up to 45 rubles - and at that time this money was simply sky-high for most families.

In the 90s, it was chic to hold a graduation on a ship, which was rented for graduates by parents. On the deck, a table was laid with a lot of treats, and live music or a collection of favorite songs were chosen as musical accompaniment. The musical accompaniment of the event also changed, because the beautiful waltz was replaced by youth music.

Today, on the organization of graduation for their children, parents no longer spend 45 rubles, but several thousand rubles. Pretty haircut, stylish clothes, shoes, payment for the institution where the celebration will take place and a limousine that will drive the graduates to banquet hall, flies into a tidy sum. In addition, it is customary for many schools to give memorable gifts from the whole class for graduation, and they, as a rule, also cost a lot of money.

How is graduation today?

Graduation is a kind of reward for students who have graduated from an educational institution and wish to celebrate such a joyful holiday in a big way.

The organization of graduation, today, should be approached in advance, because many graduates book institutions for six months, pay for the reservation, and therefore, if you do not take care of choosing a place in advance, then it may simply not be possible to find it.

Modern youth makes great efforts to ensure that their holiday is fun, non-standard and memorable for a lifetime, because they perceive graduation from school as a kind of end to torment, not taking into account that they have an adult life ahead of them, which is by no means carefree.

Many students in life will have another graduation in honor of the completion of higher education completion. It should be noted that not everyone goes to the institute for one reason or another, so many parents and their beloved children try to organize a creative, large-scale, beautiful, cheerful and filled with an incredible atmosphere graduation, which will be remembered as one of the best days.

The tradition of graduating at their home school has already faded into the background, because many graduates choose a cafe, restaurant, nightclub, which is rented for the whole night, or a ship, where you can lay a chic table on the deck and relax with live music as a venue for such a holiday. .

It is customary to decorate the room in which the celebration will take place beautifully and in an original way with the help of beautiful arches made of balloons, colors or fabrics. In addition, tables are set, on which, in addition to delicious dishes, sweets and juice, there are also alcoholic drinks.

On such a day, limousines that perform a given route or minibuses, which can comfortably accommodate graduates, parents and teachers, act as a vehicle on such a day.

In most cases, parents and teachers are present at the graduation, but they only sit at the same table with the graduates, but at a separate table or in different rooms so as not to embarrass the youth.

To create a cheerful atmosphere, it is customary to invite a host who will develop the program of the evening and coordinate it with the main organizer of the evening. The host also coordinates all competitions in advance so as not to put students and invited parents and teachers in an awkward position. The highlight of the evening can be a guest star who will perform your favorite youth songs or a show program.

It is customary to invite a videographer and photographer to the holiday, who will give holiday photographs and a video recording that graduates will view and remember themselves.

The evening ends, as a rule, with festive fireworks on the street late in the evening, when darkness reigns on the street, or by launching burning balls.

There is another scenario, but it is chosen by those graduates who do not like the official parts of the event and prefer to relax without their own parents, who sometimes do not allow them to spend time as they would like.

Because prom falls in the summer, very often graduates prefer to rent pavilions in the forest, where you can organize barbecue and a delicious table. Some people prefer to rent apartments, dachas or country houses for several days, where they can have fun in company and spend the night in rooms.

There are also classes where students are one big friendly company that prefers to relax away from their parents. Of course, this option to celebrate is quite expensive, but many children prefer to choose it: they go to the warm side, where they can have fun, swim and visit all the local entertainment venues.

Four candid stories about the main school evening.

Text: Victoria Pavlenko, Yulia Shakirova, Victoria Malyarova, Anastasia Strochilina June 22, 2018

Vika, 22 years old

That was six years ago, and I still remember every second of that exciting day. Everything went wrong from the very beginning - I overslept. Without having breakfast and without even washing my face, I ran as fast as I could to the hairdresser's, which, by great luck, I managed to sign up for 2 (!) Months before day X. And now I fly into the salon like a superman, shouting "I did it!" and I see ... That my master is doing a haircut for another girl. When I ask her about WTF in general, she tells me with a serene air that she thought I would not come, and decided to take another client. Here is mine wonderful mom, thanks to which I survived the whole event, turns on the dragon mode and practically demolishes the entire salon with its roar (sorry, mom).

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This magically affects everyone, and after 10 minutes I find myself in the chair of another master. She asks: "What do you want?" I speak: " Hollywood curls. I'm Marilyn Monroe today." “OK,” she says, and turns me away from the mirror. As she twists my hair, I think about how the sequins on the chest of my dress will sparkle, and the white skirt will flutter in the wind, just like in everything famous scene. I will wave my elastic curls and smile with scarlet lips. My blissful reflections are interrupted by the master's voice: “That's it, one is ready, the next!”

I turn to the mirror and sit back in my chair.

"Oh gods, I'm a poodle. No, Shaun the Sheep. But no, still a poodle. Directly Artaud, like Kuprin. I myself don’t notice how a mean and very salty tear flows down my cheek, and my mother pulls my hand with the words: “Well, nothing, in 10 years you won’t remember.” Further the road to the house, as if in a fog. For clarity, I rode in a trolleybus in my grandfather's baseball cap. And yet she still got sidelong glances. When I entered the house, I was attacked by my overly punctual dad in a tuxedo and Hugo Boss Boss Bottled. With the words "Oh, you decided to be a corrugated chip!" (here I start to sob) and "We're leaving in 10 minutes, we're already late" (I'm already sobbing), he leaves to drive the car to the entrance. I frantically fit into the dress, traditionally tear off the tights, then the second ones, then I decide that it was not in vain that I shaved my legs with a razor for 1000 rubles, and confidently go to make up with bare legs.

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Dad calls and angrily says that he is already waiting for an extra 5 minutes. Mom grabs me in one hand, in the other - a cosmetic bag and forcibly drags me down the stairs. I get wedged, the TP syndrome turns on (a typical paranoid, in fact, and not what you thought there), I shout something from the series “I won’t go anywhere!”, “I’ll stay at home!”, “Everyone will finger me poke”, “Why do I need all this?!”, “Why am I so ugly?!”. Since we lived on the 5th floor of a building without an elevator, and my suffering phrases ended on the third, I had to repeat the same thing two more times. At the entrance, dad gave me a look like “Girls, always senseless and merciless” and put me in the car. I had to put on makeup in the 10 minutes that separated our house and my school. And everything would be fine if I: a) knew how to make up, b) there weren’t 100,500 lying policemen on the road. But these two things provided me with a bow a la " Julia Roberts in Pretty Woman before meeting Richard Gere." Well, with my curls, it looked quite convincing. I entered the school door with my head held high and a damp napkin on my face, with which my mother diligently wiped off my red lipstick, smeared on my cheeks and chin. And then I saw my friends. And you know, like in the movie, everything around was lit up with a warm heavenly glow. I realized that I was at home. Well, how else to call a place where you are loved and happy to see, even when you are a panda Joker. We started hugging, joking and taking endless pictures.

My best friend said that I was always super, and the nasty nerve knot in my stomach immediately untied.

And then everything started at an incredible speed: the presentation of diplomas, a gala dinner, the first stain on the dress, hugs. And then it was time for the disco. And it was then that the event to which my story is dedicated took place. My first love dance. Yes, I know what you will say: “Oh, think about it, dance. Now, if you kissed ... ". But here is something else. After all, I have not yet had time to confess to you that my biggest school love was... my teacher. And although I doubt that he reads the ELLE Girl website, just in case, I will not describe him in detail. I can only say that he was very young, aristocratic, pumped up (oh, those biceps on his hands!) And just terribly smart. I've been crushing on him since fifth grade (from the very moment he first walked into our classroom saying, "Gentlemen, please shut up").

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Everything was just right: slow motion, a beam of light and Sarah Connor in the background. And 7 years later, to this very Just One Last Dance, he invited me to a slow dance at my last school disco. Instead of agreeing, I fell on his shoulder. And those three minutes lasted forever. He spoke to me about the importance of the future, about the difficulty of choosing a profession, and how he had always been fascinated by my writings. But I didn’t listen and just melted, spreading over his shoulder and muscular chest. A thousand pictures a second flashed through my head: here I am graduating from university, and he gives me flowers; and here we stand at the altar and swear to each other in eternal love; and now we're at a high school reunion 10 years after high school, we have 30 kids, and everyone envy us. My dreams were shattered by the voice of the class girl, who yelled that we were moving out of school to meet the dawn on Sparrow Hills. And then my fairy tale ended. Just like Cinderella: the clock struck midnight, it was necessary to return to reality. I thanked him, kissed him on the cheek, and slipped out into the street.

When the sun rose and illuminated Moscow State University, which I so dreamed of entering (and now, by the way, I graduated), I realized that a completely different, new and so interesting life awaits me.

And that school is really over. And also that most of these people, who are now giggling strangely and staggering drunkenly, I see for the last time. Terrible sentimentality washed over me, and I ran to hug everyone in a row. And then they took us home. We are with best friend for a long time they sat on the steps at my entrance and recalled the most enchanting moments of these 10 years. And when the sleepy neighbors slowly began to crawl out to work, we said goodbye and vowed to be friends forever. And we kept our promise - even though we now see each other at best once every three months, we still adore each other.

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I remember my graduation party with a smile and warmth every year when I see smart and smart people everywhere. handsome boys and girls with graduation ribbons at the end of June. I still remember my beloved teacher, although I have not seen him since. They say he went bald, got fat and got married. Well, even so, in my memory he is forever alone, young and beautiful. And gallantly holds out his hand to me, inviting me to dance.

Julia, 22 years old

Graduation is the main event of the whole school time. It does not suddenly burst into our lives: we are waiting for it, preparing, anticipating it. Every girl literally from the first grade dreams of a ball, of a magnificent dress, of enthusiastic looks directed at her, dreams of turning into a crowned lady at least for one evening. Everyone is happy and sad at the same time - after all, graduation is not only a bright, but also a sad holiday. But not for me! Graduation was not easy for me bright holiday he was the most bright holiday for my entire high school life! Ask why? Because in 11 years I changed 4 schools, and relations with classmates did not really develop. Because I was not afraid to leave the past and boldly walk towards the future, however, just like now!

I dreamed of leaving school life in the past, and graduation was a great end to it.

Preparing for the graduation ball did not take me a lot of time and nerve cells, since I thought over my image in advance, which included Nice dress floor-length powder-colored and the most uncomfortable shoes in the world, but insanely chic shoes. On X day, when the beauty stylist worked on my hair and make-up, when I was already running out of the house all dressed up, I heard my mother’s loud “Stop!”. “Yul, please take your ballet flats with you. Believe me, they will come in handy." What?! Ballet shoes?! How I did not want to spoil the image with ballet shoes, and even a bag in which I had to carry them. Then I decided for myself that, they say, I am strong and will never take off my heels! Oh how wrong I was...

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The presentation of certificates is over, the last general photo has been taken, and now the most long-awaited moment has come for me - we are going to the club! We celebrated our graduation together with several other schools in the club "B1 Maximum" now "Yotaspace". What could be better than a concert club to celebrate the end of school life?! :) Upon arrival at the club, I thought that I would immediately find myself in the hall, but no such luck! We had to stand in a long queue to get inside. It was at that moment that the ballet flats that were in the bag began to beckon me, but I heroically defended myself on my heels all this time! Once inside, I played the hero for about an hour, until I realized that it would be easier to “light on the dance floor” in ballet shoes. When I finally changed my shoes, there was only one thought in my head: “OMG! Mom, thank you! And after that, I could calmly rock along with everyone to the track “From the Window” by Noise Ms, while the girls in “the most uncomfortable in the world, but insanely chic shoes” sat with sour faces at the table. I will never forget my graduation.

The realization that everything was left behind, and incredible changes in life awaited ahead, excited me the whole graduation party!

My heart wanted a change! And despite the fact that all night of the prom I still "killed" my legs, got my dress dirty (sitting on the sofa, on which someone forgot a chocolate cake), ruined an expensive clutch by dousing it with champagne, I had a great time and forever told the school "Bye, Bye".

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Conclusion: Graduation party is exactly the day when you have every right to have fun from the heart with your classmates without getting a reprimand from the class teacher. And so that nothing bothers you, take a change of shoes with you, in which you will spend the whole night and meet the dawn. Try to enjoy this day to the maximum, because you will remember it for the rest of your life.

P.S. And listen to your mother, she definitely won’t advise bad things;)

Lisa, 21

I was in love with my classmate for three years. We practically did not communicate, only sometimes looked at each other during the break. I was sad at the thought that school would end and I would never talk to my love. Like all girls, I hoped that something would happen at prom that would change my life. And I was not mistaken.

Graduation ball is a grandiose and significant event, for which it is customary to prepare in advance. Every person had this holiday at least once, because the end of a school, college or university is marked precisely by the prom. And in different countries Graduation celebrations are different and have their own characteristics.

1. How graduation appeared in Russia

Initially, no one celebrated graduations in Russia, since it was not even assumed what scale the holiday of farewell to school life could reach. Peter I became exactly the person who allowed the graduation party to be celebrated. Back at the beginning of the 18th century, graduates of one of the Russian schools celebrated their graduation party for the first time. A few years later, graduation began to be celebrated in many cities of Russia. An interesting fact is that in those days, not a single prom was complete without a fight.

2. The first appearance of girls at balls

Previously, girls were not allowed to study at higher educational institutions, and therefore were not present at graduation parties. Only at the beginning of the 19th century were they allowed to celebrate graduation with the guys. But the girls did not appear at the balls in order to receive a diploma of education - parents brought their daughters to graduation in order to find a suitable groom.

3. Dramatic changes in celebration

At the end of the 20th century, grandiose changes began in Russia not only in the education system, but also in holding graduation parties. Then the girls could come to the holiday with a fashionable hairstyle, for example, a perm. Among other things, it was allowed to wear not a fluffy dress, as before, but a short skirt and a blouse that was not too closed. Graduates could even appear with makeup, which in those years looked rather strange.

At the same time, school amateur ensembles began to perform at graduation parties, which performed their new songs. Graduation parties were quite expensive for parents, but this did not stop the youth, because the children demanded fun. On such evenings they even began to serve champagne.

4. Grand graduations in America

Prom in America is one of the most anticipated holidays, and on this day, grown-up children try not only to stand out from the crowd, but to look as cool as their peers: while guys rent expensive limousines to impress the fairer sex, the girls themselves choose lush and bright outfits to attract the attention of all the guests of the evening and arouse the envy of classmates. It is noteworthy that alcohol is strictly prohibited at American proms, but young people find ways to get around this ban.

5. January graduations in Poland

In Poland, it is customary to have fun at the prom a hundred days before graduation. This day is celebrated around January, so it becomes problematic to put on a beautiful dress or suit, because it is quite cold. Graduation begins with a polonaise - a Polish solemn dance, in which the director and several graduates initially participate. Toward evening, the heroes of the occasion pronounce toasts, dance and sing. Alcohol is allowed, but preference is given to champagne, which is combined with sweets.

6. Ball in the morning in Sweden

After graduating from high school or higher educational institution in Sweden it is also customary to celebrate graduation, only it does not start in the evening, but in the morning: graduates eat strawberries and drink champagne, after which they begin to prepare for the official part. There is one more interesting feature graduation celebrations in Sweden: graduates are given white caps with special inserts - anyone can sign on them or leave their wishes. Well, after a solemn greeting, the graduates go outside and throw their hats into the air to say goodbye to childhood forever.

7. Baptism at graduation in Norway

In Norway, graduation parties are prepared with special responsibility, because this holiday lasts not one day, but seventeen. Graduates prepare their own costumes and funny business cards, which are later exchanged. After preparing the notes, all the graduates come to the place of a certain Baptism, where they meet with their baptizers, who say parting words to the guys. Among other things, graduates bring their own drinks and try them with the baptists. After such events, graduates go to the city center, where the fun continues.

8. Cleaning up cities after graduations in China

In China, proms are very fun and noisy. Former students have fun and do whatever they want: they look out of the windows of the school and throw away items that are at least somehow connected with the period of study - notebooks, pens, rulers, pencils and other accessories then lie on the streets of cities. It is impossible to envy those people who clean the streets. But since the tradition has been around for a long time, most students are used to cleaning up their own school supplies after the fun. Perhaps this is one of the most interesting traditions graduation celebrations on our list!

9. Picnic in France

There are practically no proms in France, because in high school classmates change every year. Sometimes it is allowed to hold a holiday a hundred days before the last exam. Then the students go to a picnic or cafe to have some fun.

10. Boring celebrations in Germany

The Germans have always been reserved. And even children after graduation do not have fun - solemn graduation balls It simply doesn't happen in Germany. The evening is limited to the presentation of diplomas and a small performance. So that's why adult Germans are so serious - they just didn't have fun at the school prom!

11. Beach party in Cuba

Graduation in Cuba begins quite officially - the director issues diplomas and pronounces a parting speech. But after the solemn part, the graduates go to the beach and have fun until the morning.

12. Holiday for the parents of a graduate in South Africa

In South Africa, graduation is expected not only by graduates, but also by their relatives. They come to the line with the whole family to hear about the achievements of their own children. On this occasion, everyone puts on their ethnic costumes to make it more comfortable to dance.

13. Australia - who arrived on what?

Graduation parties in Australia are very funny: the feature of the evening is the transport by which the graduate will come to the ball. Here are just limousines, no matter how luxurious they may be, Australians are not impressed. A rare convertible, an ambulance or even an airplane bus - that's what is worthy of attention!

At different peoples there are customs and traditions of celebrating graduation balls, but they all have one story in common: graduates forever say goodbye to their classmates, teachers, school habits, and enter adulthood.

Graduation History

Graduation balls in Russia began to be held under Peter I. The first graduates who celebrated the end of their studies on a grand scale were students of the School of Mathematical and Navigational Sciences in Moscow. Pupils of the Corps of Pages were especially inventive during the celebration: especially for the graduation ball, the pupils ordered rings with the same symbol for themselves. This allowed pages, graduates different years to get to know each other. By the way, at first girls were not allowed on such evenings. The emergence of young noblewomen became possible only in the 19th century. But the "bringing out" of the girls into the world was an exclusively commercial enterprise - the parents were looking for gentlemen for young beauties.

After the 1917 revolution, the situation changed dramatically. Graduation balls were banned as a bourgeois pastime and a relic of the past. But in the mid-1930s graduations at schools resumed. Of course, there was no trace of the former splendor of the outfits and the luxury of the halls. Instead, parting speeches became obligatory: junkers and coquettes were replaced by Komsomol members and Komsomol members. But still they could not do without dancing: in addition to classical waltzes, even bourgeois foxtrots and Charlestons were performed.

The tradition of graduation balls was interrupted by the Great Patriotic War. On Saturday evening, June 22, 1941, graduation parties were held in many schools and colleges in the country. The young men and girls were carelessly circling in a waltz, and the very next day many of them put on their overcoats and went to the front. In the post-war years, graduation balls began to resemble the modern farewell to school life. There was a tradition to walk the class until dawn.

In the 70s there was a revolution in attitudes towards graduation. The girls wanted to outshine all their friends: they put on previously forbidden mini-skirts, did chemistry and make-up (at that time they had already stopped expelling them from the ball for cosmetics). For parents, the holiday began to cost a pretty penny. They spent up to 45 rubles on graduation - money at that time was unrealistic!

With the opening of the Iron Curtain, the tradition of celebrating the holiday on a grand scale returned to Russia again. In the 90s, it was a special chic to meet a new milestone in life on the deck of a pleasure boat rented by my parents. The sounds of the waltz were replaced by the rhythms of modern music.

Today, parents spend not 45 rubles, but several thousand on graduation parties. A dress, a hairstyle, a restaurant, a limousine - you won't surprise anyone with this. Graduates book an evening not only in cafes and bars, but also rent entire nightclubs, invite fashionable DJs and all kinds of exotic shows. After all, the main thing is that graduation is remembered for a lifetime!