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An entry from Maslenitsa appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know? column on 9 February 2006.

[edit] When does Maslenitsa / Pancake Week start ?

When does Maslenitsa / Pancake Week start ? Same day as Fat Thursday in Poland ? Any relations ? It would help if dates of Maslenitsa in 2006 and the following few years are included in the article. -- PFHLai 13:24, 9 February 2006 (UTC)

BTW, is it the same day as Mărţişor and Martenitsa ? -- PFHLai 21:22, 1 March 2006 (UTC) Never mind. -- PFHLai 15:21, 2 March 2006 (UTC)

I've added the 2006 dates I found at a website listed in the external links section. Someone add the future dates, please ? Don't want to miss this next year. Thanks. --PFHLai 15:21, 2 March 2006 (UTC)

Does anybody have the 2008 dates yet??? Smallbones 17:43, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

2 to 8 march, seventh week before Orthodox Easter —Preceding unsigned comment added by 62.195.1.234 (talk) 18:53, 2 February 2008 (UTC)

now I am confused. Easter is on Apirl 27. 42 days before that is March 16. The week before the 40 day fast. Should it not be celebrated March 9 to 15 anyway any day is a good day to celebrate Maslinista... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 143.233.227.71 (talk) 10:43, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

Orthodox Easter usually (but not always) is on a different date then for Catholics and Protestants. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.7.244.172 (talk) 20:28, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Better with butter

Shouldn't this really be "butter week"? Masla = butter, after all. -HiFiGuy 00:12, 3 March 2006 (UTC)

During the Soviet times the Maslenitsa as all the other religious holidays were suppressed. After the Perestroika the celebrations resumed, although they are seemed by some as artificial restoration of a dead tradition.

This is not true. It has always been one of the favorite winter holidays we selebrated in the 70's and 80s.

This holiday featured prominately io the film the Siberian Barber. I use it as a good topic for English Lessons. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 143.233.227.71 (talk) 10:48, 3 March 2008 (UTC)