-http://kapija.narod.ru/Ethnoslavistics/Codes/c02.htm#LjupchoRisteski



The Carnival is a period of exaggerated eating. Even the adequate chrononyms reflect the meat, cheese and food diversity e.g. mesna, maslana, sirna, mrsna, sharena week, Debelnica, Sirnica.

During the first days of Lent and a Holly week, the food containing fat, meat and milk is destroyed, the dishes are washed thoroughly. Fat food is brought closer to people gradually, e.g. dishes with milk were hung and slowly lowered. Slavs respect certain dates for eating for the first time some fruits in a current year. For South Slavs this date is St. George’s Day; for West Slavs - Holy Wednesday.

When Lent is over, and Easter begins, all food restrictions cease. Easter is symbolically represented through fat food. The food diversity and abundance symbolise all kinds of life activities. Dying of Easter eggs, preparation of bread, and ritual acts.


And it;s what wee actually do in Poland- Holy Friday we practically have a day of lent and no meat but on Holy Saturday, after we had done "swiecenie" (sacrfice, sort of) of the food, and we gather togwerhter for a celbreatory breakast, we can again eat everything. Any thoughts?