Today, all Orthodox Christians celebrate Sirni Zagovezni, the celebration of universal forgiveness, also called the Fool Sunday and the Purgatory. Sirni Zagovesi is always celebrated seven weeks before Easter. In the evening of the feast, the families of their sons, daughters, grandchildren gather together to make them drenched with dairy foods. A banitsa with cheese, fish, boiled eggs, boiled wheat, white halva with nuts is prepared for the meal. At the table is also the custom of robbing: the red thread is fastened and a piece of white halva or boiled egg is dropped from the ceiling. The oldest man turns the thread into a circle and everyone strives to catch the egg (halva) with his mouth. The trust is that whoever succeeds will be alive and healthy throughout the year!
I find very interesting information about intercultural Slavic carnivals about forgiveness! They are known under different names in various Slavic countries: Bulgarian:Сирни заговезни, Прошка (Sirni zagovezni, Proska), Russian: Масленица, Мясопуст (Maslenitsa, Miasopust), Polish: Mięsopust, Zapusty, Czech: Masopust, Šibřinky, Ostatky, Slovak: Fašiangy, Slovene: Mesopȗst, Pust, Pustni teden, Fašnk, Serbian: Покладе, Poklade, Croatian: Pust, Poklade, Mesopust. They are traditional Slavic festivals related to the period of carnival.
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