Maslenitsa

GPTKB entity

Statements (52)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:festival
Slavic tradition
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Butter_Week
gptkb:Pancake_Week
gptkbp:celebratedIn gptkb:Belarus
gptkb:Russia
gptkb:Ukraine
Eastern Slavic countries
gptkbp:culminatesIn burning of Maslenitsa effigy
gptkbp:customs public celebrations
games and contests
visiting in-laws
gptkbp:date last week before Great Lent
seventh week before Eastern Orthodox Easter
gptkbp:day1 Meeting
gptkbp:day2 Fun
gptkbp:day3 gptkb:Gourmand
gptkbp:day4 Revelry
gptkbp:day5 Mother-in-law's evening
gptkbp:day6 Sister-in-law's gathering
gptkbp:day7 gptkb:Forgiveness_Sunday
gptkbp:duration 7 days
gptkbp:features bonfires
dancing
folk
feasting
visiting relatives
sledding
forgiveness rituals
blini (pancakes)
puppet burning
snowball fights
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Maslenitsa
gptkbp:integratesWith gptkb:theology
gptkbp:observedBy gptkb:Norse_mythology
gptkb:Eastern_Orthodox_Christians
gptkbp:origin pagan sun festival
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:Great_Lent
gptkbp:prohibits gptkb:meat
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:festival
gptkb:Shrovetide
gptkbp:symbolizes arrival of spring
end of winter
gptkbp:traditionalFood gptkb:butter
gptkb:fish
gptkb:seafood
gptkb:cheese
eggs
sour cream
blini
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:European_folklore
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4