Maslenitsa

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A 19th-century Maslenitsa celebration

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian Ма́сленица (Máslenica).

Noun

Maslenitsa (usually uncountable, plural Maslenitsas)

  1. 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.

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