#Shrovetide

[pagan-stitches]

Shrovetide (Masopust/Fašank) a period shortly after the beginning of a new year, can be described as a time of cheer and entertainment, a time when there are no rules and people have fun. In Czechia, it is a time of processions and festivals with feasts full of fatty meat and sweets. This holiday dates back to pagan times, but today it is a period that starts after the Epiphany (6 January) and goes on until Ash Wednesday (6 weeks before the Christian Easter holiday). Ancient ancestors used to pay tribute to the sun, fertility and strength during this time. It was a period of joy as the days were getting longer and a celebration of early spring. After the birth of Christianity, it became a carnival that preceded Lent.

—Visit Czechia

#Fašank #Masopust #Shrovetide #Mardi Gras #Carnival

[didoofcarthage]

Shrove Tuesday in the Country by Adriaen van de Venne

Dutch, c. 1625

oil on panel

Rijksmuseum

#Shrove Tuesday #Shrovetide #snow #winter #landscape #genre scene #genre painting #Dutch #art #painting #Dutch Golden Age #Adriaen van de Venne #Rijksmuseum #This is slightly cropped b/c there was an ugly yellow strip at the top.

[alfedurka]

"Yippee! Public burning"

The point is that today (the last day of Shrovetide) is the traditional day to burn a straw effigy🔥🌾🔥

#my art #didgital art #furry #fanart #furry art #shrovetide #Spotify

[emvidal]

#shrovetide #mardi gras

[dejahisashmom]

What is Fat Tuesday? Mardi Gras meanings and history explained

https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/mardi-gras-fat-tuesday-history/index.html

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#1837 #Brazil #Carnival #Epiphany #Gold #Green #King Cake #Krewes #Lent #Mardi Gras #New Orleans #Purple #Roman #Roman Catholic #Shrove Tuesday #Shrovetide #Three Kings&039; Day

[russianreader]

Down the Rabbit Hole of Late-Stage Putinism

On February 23, Nikolai Zodchii was detained by police in Khabarovsk for appearing in public with these images of Vladimir Putin, which had originally appeared in broadcasts on state-run Channel One. Thanks to the indomitable VB for the snapshot and the heads-up, and for his personal fortitude in dismal circumstances. ||| TRR When contacted by the media, the Kommunalnik health resort, located in…

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#animeshniks #bliny (Russian pancakes) #collapse of Russia #Galereya (shopping mall) #Galereya Shopping and Entertainment Center (Petersburg) #Galereya Shopping Center #Kartoteka (Russian online news website) #Khabarovsk #Omsk Region #PMC Redan (Russian youth subculture) #riot police (OMON) #Russian police state #Safe Internet League #Shrovetide #Vladimir Putin

[artschoolglasses]

Merrymakers at Shrovetide, Frans Hals, 1616-17

#merrymakers at shrovetide #frans hals #hals #1616 #1617 #1610s #1600s #17th century #painting #art

[boleynqueenes]

14. 💎 GEMSTONES: Share a line in your writing that you really love!

“Do you mean what you said? God inspires our emotions, you believe this, and you believe this … test , is why?”

#mihrsuri #(Night of) shrovetide 1526 babyyyy… #we are SO back 🥳 #NT spoilers #thank you! 💖

[lyubov-love13]

Now this is the kinda shit i wanna do with my friends if i had any

#🍁🍂 #I have strong urge to dance around fire #Love watching the burning of a scarecrow during Shrovetide #witch aesthetic

[quo-usque-tandem]

Merrymakers at Shrovetide by Frans Hals

#art #painting #Merrymakers at Shrovetide #Frans Hals #The Metropolitan Museum of Art

[pagan-stitches]

Here we see costumes that are worn at Shrovetide (or Masopust), the season before Easter. This holiday celebrates the turning of winter to spring, with themes of fertility, health, and a good harvest. It is also the season before Lent, so there is a good deal of feasting in preparation for the Lenten fast. The Shrovetide carnivals include a range of costumes and masks, as well as feasting on pork and other holiday foods. In the Hlinecko area of eastern Bohemia, Shrovetide processions go from house to house:

Village men and boys, disguised in masks that depict traditional characters (red masks for boys and black for married men), go from door to door around the village, accompanied by a brass band. The procession stops at each house and four of the men perform a ritual dance, with the householder’s permission, to secure a rich harvest and prosperity for the family. In return, the masked men receive treats and collect a fee. A symbolic ‘Killing of the Mare’ ritual takes place after the last house has been visited, during which a mare is condemned for its alleged sins and a humorous and topical testament is read out. Following the ‘execution’ the mare is revived with alcohol, signalling the commencement of a dance as the masks frolic with onlookers. via UNESCO

—Source

#czech calendar customs #Shrovetide #masopust

[lina-vas-dom]

Поздравляю с приходом весны, с Масленицей! Пусть блины с пылу с жару растопят последние зимние льдинки и подарят прекрасное настроение! Пусть весенние денечки принесут нам радость, мир, благополучие, душевное тепло и любовь человеческих сердец. С праздником!

Congratulations on the arrival of spring, on Shrovetide! Let pancakes with heat and heat melt the last winter ices and give us a wonderful mood! Let the spring days bring us joy, peace, prosperity, warmth and love of human hearts. Happy holiday!

#масленица

[adini-nikolaevna]

"This winter [1834], during Shrovetide, a large costume ball was held at the Court, based on the theme of the fairy tale "Aladdin and the Magic Lamp." In the Concert Hall they installed a throne in oriental style and a gallery for those who did not dance. The hall was decorated with brightly colored fabrics, the bushes and flowers were illuminated with colored lamps, the magic of this decoration was literally breathtaking. At that time, this scenery [that we now see on every stage] was still unusual to the eye. Mary [Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna] and I appeared in buttoned caftans, trousers, pointed shoes and with turbans on our heads.”

- Queen Olga of Wurttemberg, nee Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna of Russia (1822-1892).

#grand duchess olga nikolaevna the elder #grand duchess maria nikolaevna the elder #romanov #russia #quotes

[emvidal]

The prayer of reparation is most at home in the presence of the Most Blessed Sacrament. The light that shines from the Eucharistic Face of Christ heals us sinners, and heals those against whom we have sinned. The love we bring to the Eucharistic Face of Christ reaches every human face. The prayer of reparation is the veil of Veronica lifted to the face of Christ in His Passion; it is the hand that seeks to wipe away every disfiguring stain of filth, of blood, and of tears.

#holy face of jesus #shrovetide

[fashionsfromhistory]

Visor in the form of a Human Face

c.1515

Attr. Kolman Helmschmid

Helmets fitted with masklike visors were a popular German and Austrian fashion about 1510 to 1540. With their visors forged and embossed as humorous or grotesque human masks, such helmets were often worn in tournaments held during the exuberant pre-Lenten (Shrovetide) festivals, celebrations somewhat akin to the modern Mardi Gras. Substitute visors of more conventional type were often provided for everyday use.

The MET (Accession Number: 04.3.286a)

#armor #fashion history #historical fashion #helmet #16th century #germany #kolman helmschmid #1510s #silver #gold #steel #armour #the met #i HATE this lmao

[ainsi-soit-il]

I have no idea how widely celebrated Kingdomtide is observed anymore, but I wanted to include it.

#polls #christianity tag #living liturgically #christblr #christians of tumblr