The burning of Shrovetide is a rite that is familiar today, probably, if not to all, then to most. But not all of our contemporaries know that initially this holiday was not Christian.
A few words about the history of Shrovetide
Why is it accepted to Pancake week a lot and satisfying to eat, have fun, arrange public festivities and burning Pancake week?
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- And then came Forgiveness Sunday. The old pictures “Burning Shrovetide” that have reached us show how the revelry gradually subsided.
The Pancake week train drove a scarecrow into the field. There he was burned with songs and round dances, and the ashes were scattered across the field.
A special service was held in the church, and people asked each other for forgiveness. After Forgiveness Sunday Great Lent began.