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Масленица nstresses
gen. Maslenitsa (Maslenitsa (also known as Butter Lady, Butter Week, Crepe week, or Cheesefare Week) is an Eastern Slavic religious and folk holiday, which has retained a number of elements of Slavic mythology in its ritual, celebrated during the last week before Great Lent, that is, the eighth week before Eastern Orthodox Pascha. wikipedia.org Notburga); feast; Pancake Week (the festival week before Lent Alexander Demidov); Butter Week (the festival week before Lent Alexander Demidov); Maslenitsa festival (источник – ВВС Anglophile); Mardi Gras (bigmaxus); Cheese Fare Week (pre-Lent week in the Eastern Orthodox Church askandy); Crepe week (snowleopard); Cheesefare Week (AlexandraM); carnival
Игорь Миг Pre-Lenten festival
масленица n
gen. shrove-tide; Butter Lady (xmoffx); Shrovetide
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масленица n
gen. неделя, предшествующая Великому посту. Символика обряда связана с древнеславянскими традициями проводов зимы и встречи весны. Большой Энциклопедический словарь
Масленица: 31 phrases in 7 subjects
British usage, not spelling1
Figurative1
General9
Idiomatic2
Proverb14
Religion3
Saying1