Slavic carnivals are known under different names in various Slavic countries: Bulgarian: Сирни заговезни, Прошка, Поклади, romanized: Sirni zagovezni,...

French-Canadian conductor Jacques Clément. Candlemas Slavic carnival Fašiangy (in Slovakia) Rio Carnival (in Brazil) Carnaval (in the Netherlands) Fat Thursday...

Shetland Islands, Antarctica are named after the Bulgarian Kukeri. Slavic carnival Месни заговезни [bg] Русалии [bg] Старци [bg] Survakane Сурваки [bg]...

specific Slavic cultures (e.g. Polish, Ukrainian.), see outlines for individual Slavic groups. Veche Slavic carnival Slavic literature Pre-Christian Slavic writing...

the Šokci living in the town of Mohács, Hungary, held at the end of the Carnival season ("Farsang"), ending the day before Ash Wednesday. The celebration...

Kurentovanje is Slovenia's most popular and ethnologically significant carnival event first organised in 1960 by Drago Hasl and his associates from cultural...

may have been "circle". Also, the words hora and oro are found in many Slavic languages and have the meaning of "round (dance)"; the verb oriti means...

Carnival or Shrovetide is a festive season that occurs at the close of the Christian pre-Lenten period, consisting of Quinquagesima or Shrove Sunday, Shrove...

the last Thursday before Lent and is associated with the celebration of Carnival. Because Lent is a time of fasting, the days leading up to Ash Wednesday...

Kurentovanje 2024 is the upcoming 64th Ptuj carnival, organized by Ptuj Tourism Public Institute. Every night between 4 and 12 February, Kurents (Korants)...