 Russians with a taste for a bracing New Year swim braved freezing temperatures to plant traditional festive fir trees on the seabed and at the bottom of a lake on December 31.
"We like to celebrate the New Year underwater," said Andrei Baranovsky, one of a team of divers who planted a decorated tree 55 feet below the ice on Siberia's Lake Baikal, the world's deepest lake. "And for the fish it's fun too, although I don't think they celebrate New Year so it's probably all the same to them." Elsewhere, a team of extreme sports enthusiasts from the northwestern coastal town of Severomorsk planted a tree on the bed of the Northern Ocean. The three divers danced round the tree and opened a bottle of champagne while underwater. New Year is the biggest holiday in the Russian calendar and it is traditional to put up a tree for celebrations with family and friends. (Agencies) | 喜爱在新年神清气爽地游个泳的俄罗斯人冒着刺骨的严寒在12月31日将传统的节日冷杉树种到了海中和湖底。 潜水员安德烈·巴拉诺夫斯基说："我们喜欢在水底庆祝新年。"他和其他队友在西伯利亚贝尔加湖的冰层底下种了一棵55英尺高的装饰树。贝尔加湖是世界上最深的湖。 安德烈还说："我想对于湖里的鱼来说 ，这也是十分有趣的。尽管我认为他们不会庆祝新年，所以也许对他们来说区别并不大。" 与此同时，还有一支由来自西北海边小镇北莫尔斯克的体育狂热爱好者组成的队伍在北部的海床上种下了一棵树。 三名潜水员在水下围着树翩翩起舞，还开了一瓶香槟来庆祝。 在俄罗斯，新年是一年中最重要的节日。按照传统，家人和朋友一起种下一棵树来庆祝新年。 （中国日报网站译） |
Updated: 2003-01-06 01:00
