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Maslenitsa
5 February | Explosive day Iceland Explosions - a full bellies gluttons ready is about to explode. That is supposedly a glutton before Lent harvested for future use meat, fat and flour products, the prohibition on fasting. |
21 February | fat Tuesday (Laskiainen) Finland Holiday Carnival, the eve of Ash Wednesday, marks the beginning of Lent. |
28 January | Carnival (Апокриес) Greece The three-week carnival - Greek Carnival. The name "apokries" takes on the season when farmers ended meat:. "Apo kreas" - "without meat" |
11 March | Maslenitsa Russia Carnival - a holiday which has remained since pagan times. It is noted in the week before the Grand postom.Obychay celebrate Carnival dates back to ancient times - from Greek and Roman saturnalia and bacchanalia. |
24 February | Maslenitsa Russia Carnival - a holiday which has remained since pagan times. It is noted in the week before the Grand postom.Obychay celebrate Carnival dates back to ancient times - from Greek and Roman saturnalia and bacchanalia. |
13 March | Forgiveness Sunday Russia The last day of Pancake - Forgiveness Sunday, or wires. Ends with a walk on the ice slides make fires to melt the ice, the cold kill. |