В преддверии Масленицы многие желают не только cook pancakes with different fillings, but also learn the history of this wonderful holiday. Of course, many habits and folk customs are embodied in folklore, you can learn them by reading a variety of proverbs about Pancake week.
Многие праздники, которые ныне считаются сугубо Christian, still have pagan roots, and were celebrated even before the Baptism of Rus. In addition to the beginning of Lent, before the bright Easter day, which began immediately after the Cheese Week (also called Maslenitsu), this holiday marks the arrival of spring. This is evidenced by customs, such as burning stuffed, symbolizing the winter, decorating with bright attributes of clothes, horses, sleighs, on which young people skied. But proverbs about Shrovetide also tell a lot about the involvement of the holiday to the ancient Slavic traditions:
• Blintsi, pancakes, pancakes, like the wheels of spring!
• We greet the pancake week, we await the sunshine!
Казалось бы, что особого в таком блюде, как блины?And to cook them is not difficult at any other time of the year. Nevertheless, few people at least once for the Shrovetide week will not bake this delicious treat. Hot, yellow, round pancakes are a symbol of the sun. Tired of the frosty frost, snow and winter, people tried to bring the heat closer and rejoice at the first manifestations of spring.
• Have fun at Maslyana, and treat yourself to the pancake!
• Without pancake is not Maslian.
Есть и другая причина популярности блинов во the time for a wonderful spring holiday. After the Christmas holidays, the strictest fast began, and by the time of Shrovetide, meat was already banned. But baking, cottage cheese, sour cream, eggs is a list of allowed products. It was believed that during the Cheese Week it was necessary to eat the pancakes to the heap. And proverbs about Shrove Tuesday very clearly express the features of this event:
• Damn not a wedge - the belly does not split.
• Pancakes and kisses do not like bills.
Proverbs and sayings about Carnival are also manycan tell about the course of the holiday itself. It was conditionally divided into two periods: in the first three days it was decided to visit relatives, then they collected a scarecrow, baked the first pancakes, it was possible to do household chores.
Already on Thursday there was a storm of fun, participationin which children and young people took. The playground was a village in which young people from all over the country gathered. Here it was already customary to joke, ride a roller coaster, ride a sled on a sleigh, dance dances and sing songs. In some villages they jumped through a huge fire.
All this riot of fun and a holiday of a stomach perfectly describe proverbs about Pancake week:
• On the mountains to ride, in pancakes to lie around!
• As in the oil week, pancakes flew to the ceiling.
We loved this holiday with children.In addition to eating a variety of treats, kiddies participated in a variety of activities. They skated down the hill and hopped through the fire (in some places adults were generally forbidden and left only for children's entertainment). In addition, special rhymes, sayings and proverbs about Maslenitsa for children have been compiled.
The Shrovetide week was over.Sunday. Celebrations ceased very sharply. With the sound of the church bell, everyone went home. On this day it was necessary to ask forgiveness from all friends, relatives and friends. What is important is that forgiveness should be given.
• We will pay homage to Cheese on Sunday.
