Maslenitsa

English
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
    Synonym: Butter 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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