Shrovetide is an East Slavic traditional holiday celebrated a few weeks before Lent.
In the folk calendar of the Eastern Slavs, the holiday marks the border of winter and spring, as well as a predator and Lent. Carnival counterpart in European countries. Shrovetide is akin to Fat Tuesday and meat and pasta among Catholics. In the calendar of the Russian Orthodox Church, this period is called Cheese Week. The names Meat and Empty Meat and Cheese Week in Russia were used only on the calendar as “church”.
Shrovetide Day changes every year depending on the date of the celebration of Easter. The traditional attributes of the celebration of Maslenitsa are the stuffed carnival, sledding, celebrations; Russians have pancakes and tortillas, while Belarusians and Ukrainians have dumplings, cheesecakes and a piece.