1) The document describes the traditions and activities during Maslenitsa, a Russian religious and folk holiday celebrated the week before Great Lent. 2) Each day of the week-long celebration has its own traditions, such as building snow mountains on Monday, sledding down the mountains on Tuesday, visiting family to share pancakes on Wednesday and Thursday, and asking forgiveness from others in church on the final Sunday. 3) The festivities culminate on the last day with the burning of an effigy to symbolize the end of winter.

1. Umanets Nikita
5 «A» class
Teacher:
Krylova Anastasiya Nikolaevna

2. «Maslenitsa» is a Russian religious
and folk holiday. It is celebrated
during the last week before Great
Lent—that is, the seventh week
before Pascha (Easter).Farewell to
winter and welcome spring.

3. Monday – Meeting
On the first day of the pancake
week Russian people
celebrated the meeting of
Maslenitsa. In the old days
the children in the morning
went out to the street to
build snow-capped
mountains. Baked pancakes
is a symbol of the sun and
spring.

4. Tuesday – «Zaigryshi»
On «zaigryshi» in the
morning the girls and boys
ride snow mountains and
eat pancakes. Children
skate slide down the
mountains.

5. Wednesday – «Lakomka»
Lakomka - mother-in-law was
waiting to visit son-in-law to feed
their pancakes, and for fun
summoned all his family.

6. Thursday – "Razgul"
From Thursday
pancake binge
unfolded into the full
extent. The whole
world came to
fisticuffs, the erection
and the capture of the
snow town, on horse
racing, skating on ice
on the streets.

7. Friday – «Teschiny Vecherki» Evening dedicated to my wife's mother.
Son- In-law invited to visit his wife's mother, they were treated to pancakes. Mother-
in-law's face it, son-in-law sent all the ingredients and equipment for pancakes: a
wooden pot of dough, pan. And the father of his wife - a bag of flour and butter.
This meeting represented the rendering honor his wife's family..

8. Saturday – «Zolovkiny posidelky» Sister-in-law gatherings
Young daughter invited to visit to her sister-in-law. Newly married
daughter-sister-in-law was supposed to give any gift.

9. Sunday (the Last day of
Maslenitsa) - forgiveness
Sunday
In the temples, in the evening
at the service, perform the
ritual of. Then all believers,
bowing to each other, ask for
forgiveness, and in response
to a request say "God will
forgive."
On Sunday, burning an effigy, a
symbol of winter, which has
ended.

10. Sunday (the Last day of
Maslenitsa) - forgiveness
Sunday
In the temples, in the evening
at the service, perform the
ritual of. Then all believers,
bowing to each other, ask for
forgiveness, and in response
to a request say "God will
forgive."
On Sunday, burning an effigy, a
symbol of winter, which has
ended.