Celebrating Maslenitsa

The festival of the sun, the festival of farewell to winter, awakening, renewal of nature after a long winter. In all cultures, the festival of carnival has always been associated with the end of winter, the revival of nature. In Luxembourg, carnival is called Fuesend and is traditionally celebrated between Liichtmёssdag, which takes place on February 2 and Aschermёttwoch, which falls on Wednesday of the first week of Lent, this year on March 5. During this period, costumed processions along the main streets and festivals for children take place throughout the country. The most famous carnival takes place in the city of Diekirch. This year it will take place on Sunday, March 2. As part of the JBL project, middle-school students compared the similarities between the traditions of carnival and Maslenitsa.

And the senior pupils used associative situations (they drew rays-associations to the picture of a pancake). And they also read texts that revealed the problem: why in ancient Slavic they called it "Komoeditsa" and why now it is "Maslenitsa".

We looked at what kinds of pancakes, fillings, and other dishes there are for Maslenitsa, why they say "Forgiveness Sunday", and also watched an excerpt about the celebration of this fun holiday from the film "The Barber of Siberia".