Slavic carnival information

Slavic carnivals are known under different names in various Slavic countries: Bulgarian: Сирни заговезни, Прошка, Поклади, romanized: Sirni zagovezni,...

French-Canadian conductor Jacques Clément. Candlemas Slavic carnival Fašiangy (in Slovakia) Rio Carnival (in Brazil) Carnaval (in the Netherlands) Fat Thursday...

Shetland Islands, Antarctica are named after the Bulgarian Kukeri. Slavic carnival Месни заговезни [bg] Русалии [bg] Старци [bg] Survakane Сурваки [bg]...

specific Slavic cultures (e.g. Polish, Ukrainian.), see outlines for individual Slavic groups. Veche Slavic carnival Slavic literature Pre-Christian Slavic writing...

Kurentovanje is Slovenia's most popular and ethnologically significant carnival event first organised in 1960 by Drago Hasl and his associates from cultural...

Candlemas Festival of Veles Pre-Lent Maslenitsa (Cheesefare Week) Slavic carnival] Sfințișori (Forty Martyrs of Sebaste) Feast of the Annunciation Palm...

the last day of the Christian liturgical season historically known as Carnival or Shrovetide, before the penitential season of Lent, related popular practices...

the last Thursday before Lent and is associated with the celebration of Carnival. Because Lent is a time of fasting, the days leading up to Ash Wednesday...

Carnival or Shrovetide is a festive season that occurs at the close of the Christian pre-Lenten period, consisting of Quinquagesima or Shrove Sunday, Shrove...

Candlemas Festival of Veles Pre-Lent Maslenitsa (Cheesefare Week) Slavic carnival] Sfințișori (Forty Martyrs of Sebaste) Feast of the Annunciation Palm...

колада, коледе) is the traditional Slavic name for the period from Christmas to Epiphany or, more generally, for Slavic Christmas-related rituals, some dating...

bear (Silesian: Wodzynie bera) is a Slavic carnival tradition. It enjoyed brief popularity in the entire Slavic region, the practice still takes place...

(feminine Masopustová) is a Czech surname (meaning carnival), it may refer to: Masopust, the Slavic carnival Josef Masopust (1931–2015), Czech footballer Karel...

the Christian feast of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist and the East Slavic feast of Saint John's Eve. In folk tradition, it was revered as the day...

(Veles' Day) is a holiday in honor of the Slavic god Veles, celebrated by rodnovers in February. Like other Slavic neopagans' holidays, the day of Veles is...

Candlemas Festival of Veles Pre-Lent Maslenitsa (Cheesefare Week) Slavic carnival] Sfințișori (Forty Martyrs of Sebaste) Feast of the Annunciation Palm...

potatoes or coal from Chort (čert) for their sins. The creature has roots in Slavic folklore; however, its influence has spread far beyond German borders, in...

Hlinsko and several municipalities in the surrounding area are known for Slavic carnival processions of masks. In 2010, this tradition known as "Shrovetide...

Candlemas Festival of Veles Pre-Lent Maslenitsa (Cheesefare Week) Slavic carnival] Sfințișori (Forty Martyrs of Sebaste) Feast of the Annunciation Palm...

Orthodox Church as the festival of Radonitsa, the name of which comes from the Slavic word "radost'", meaning "joy." In Kievan Rus' the local name is "Krasnaya...

Apple Spas (sometimes the Feast of the Saviour on the Hill) is an Eastern Slavic folk name for the Feast of the Transfiguration, which is observed in August...

specific blessing of the nuts takes place during the celebration. On this day, slavic households prepare festive dishes with nuts such as pies with mushrooms...