Rites of carnival is a very complex and versatile, combining elements of Slavic mythology and folk Christianity. It involves rituals relating to the cult of ancestors, and by landmark time — the beginning of a new cycle, and to the stimulation of fertility. По мнению Б. А. Рыбакова[3][страница не указана 32 дня] в дохристианскую пору празднование Масленицы было приурочено к весеннему равноденствию, которое у многих народов является началом нового года. At the same time. Dubrovsky[4][page not specified 32 days], says that a pancake rituals are purely winter and can't be celebrated in the spring. He believes that Shrovetide rites went with Blaise, whose "beard oil". Belarus has preserved a saying: "Alas baru kasam oil"[5][page not specified 32 days] (Belorus.) — Vlas take a ladle of oil. In Polissya still Wide Thursday called "Vlasi" or "Volosi"[6]. The Soviet folklorist Vladimir Y. Propp, developing the ideas of V. Mannhardt and George. Frazers believed the main purpose of Maslenitsa rites fertility stimulation, particularly relevant in connection with the upcoming beginning of the field work[7][page not specified 32 days]. In some places the carnival meeting has been prepared the previous Saturday (Motley) weeks.
По мнению Б. А. Рыбакова[3][страница не указана 32 дня] в дохристианскую пору празднование Масленицы было приурочено к весеннему равноденствию, которое у многих народов является началом нового года.
At the same time. Dubrovsky[4][page not specified 32 days], says that a pancake rituals are purely winter and can't be celebrated in the spring. He believes that Shrovetide rites went with Blaise, whose "beard oil". Belarus has preserved a saying: "Alas baru kasam oil"[5][page not specified 32 days] (Belorus.) — Vlas take a ladle of oil. In Polissya still Wide Thursday called "Vlasi" or "Volosi"[6].
The Soviet folklorist Vladimir Y. Propp, developing the ideas of V. Mannhardt and George. Frazers believed the main purpose of Maslenitsa rites fertility stimulation, particularly relevant in connection with the upcoming beginning of the field work[7][page not specified 32 days].
In some places the carnival meeting has been prepared the previous Saturday (Motley) weeks.