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March 13, 2005
Maslenitsa, blogging hiatus
Today's the last day of Масленица [Maslenitsa], which is variously translated as Shrovetide, Carnival, Mardi Gras, Pancake Week, or Blini Week. Could also be called Crepe Week, I suppose, or compared to Fat Tuesday. The city of Moscow is pushing it as a tourist event with a pumped-up description full of translation idiosyncracies (see this and this) on a special event website, which is only partly functional, it seems. Perhaps the Wikipedia entry on Orthodox Great Lent is a bit clearer.
Since I'll be in St. Petersburg most of this coming week, there won't be any posts for a while.
Posted by kshawkin at March 13, 2005 02:06 PM
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Have fun in St. Petersburg!
Posted by: V at March 14, 2005 04:22 AM