Maslenitsa
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Russian Ма́сленица (Máslenica).
Noun
[edit]Maslenitsa (usually uncountable, plural Maslenitsas)
- An East Slavic festival of pre-Christian origin celebrated during the last week before Lent, seven weeks before Easter; analogous to Shrovetide.
- Synonyms: Butter Week, Cheese Week
- 1981, Christel Lane, The Rites of Rulers: Ritual in Industrial Society – the Soviet Case:
- In pre-revolutionary Russia the pagan associations had already been lost to a large extent, and Maslenitsa had become a popular communal, jolly celebration dedicated to the seeing-off of winter.
Translations
[edit]East Slavic festival analogous to Shrovetide
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