UMasenitsa uyiholide yesizwe-yobuKristu egujwa ngokuhlwa. Ifuzisela ukuhlaselwa ebusika kunye nentlanganiso yasentwasahlobo. I-Spring kunye nelanga layo i-pancake yangaphakathi, ngoko iveki yonke iyacetyiswa ukuba ibhakale ngobuninzi obukhulu, uphathe izihlobo kunye nezihlobo, zidle. Kukho imithwalo yemikhosi yasePancake, apho okhokho baseRussia bamandulo babecaphelisisa.
IStrovetide Rituals and Customs
Iveki yeShrovetide yaqala ngoMvulo kwaye yahlala yonke iveki. Kule meko, usuku ngalunye lunikezelwa ngoqeqesho lwabo:
- Ngentsasa umalokazana umshiya uyisezala nomkhwekazi bakhe kubazali bakhe, kwaye ngokuhlwa, izalamane zomyeni wakhe zazizityelela ukuba zixubushe indawo kunye nesikhathi semithendeleko, ukubunjwa kweendwendwe kunye nezinye iimeko. Ngaloo mini i-pancake yaqala ukupheka, kodwa yokuqala yanikwa abaceli ukuba bakhumbule oshonile.
- NgoLwesibini, amakhwenkwe amakhwenkwe amalungiselelo okudlala umtshato ekupheleni kweLente . Enyanisweni, yonke imikhosi yemikhosi yoLuku lwePancake lwanamhlanje lancitshisiwe ibe ngumdlalo.
- NgoLwesithathu, umkhwekazi ubizwa ngokuba ngumkhwenyana wamapakeki, ebonisa isimo sakhe.
- Ukususela ngoLwesine, imikhosi yabantu yokunyusa iShrove ngoLwesibili ifumane ububanzi obubanzi. Abantu abahlala kwiidolophana nakwiidolophana bekhwele amahashe, balungiselele iindawo zokuhamba, bahlasele idolophu yekhephu. Kuyo yonke indawo batshala i-bonfires kunye nesithethe esiya kuyo.
- NgoLwesihlanu, ngohambo lokubuyela, umkhwekazi, kunye neentsapho kunye nabahlobo, beza endlwini yomkhwenyana. Wayephathwa kuye yintombi yakhe.
- NgoMgqibelo, udadewabo kunye nezinye izihlobo zomyeni wakhe beza kumkhwenyana. Enye yemikhosi yaseMaslen eRashiya yayinjalo-iveza isipho kumkhwekazi wakhe.
- Ukuphela kweeholide. Injongo yalo mhla yayikudibanisa kunye nokudibanisa omnye nomnye ubuhlobo obuhle, ngoko ke yamkelwa ukuba icele ukuxolelwa kubo bonke. Ekupheleni kwemithendeleko, iCarnival eyayitshiweyo yatshiswa, kwaye umlotha wasasazeka kwiindawo zokuvuna.
Ngomhla wokugqibela weveki, kwagqitywa kwakhona ukuya emangcwabeni kwiintsapho ezifikile kwaye ushiye ipakeki. Kwiindawo ezahlukeneyo kunye neendawo, iqhenqa leMaslenitsa lingase lihluke kancinci. Ngoko, abanye babefana nokugulisa iingoma ezifanayo, ukudansa kunye nabadlulayo. Amadoda angatshatanga ngendlela ekhethekileyo "ahlawuliswe" ngokuwaxhoma emaphethweni entamo. Lo mva wachaza umfazi wakhe ehleli entanyeni yakhe. Ngomthwalo onjalo, abafana bahamba bejikeleza kwidolophana yonke imini. Kwezinye iidolophini umcimbi we-wring waMasenitha wawunomdla kwaye wawubandakanyeka kwiindawo ezintle.