Belarusian traditions

Christmas figure in Slavic cultures

Maslenitsa (; ; ; ), also known as Butter Lady, Butter Week, Crepe week, or Cheesefare Week, is an Eastern Slavic religious and folk holiday which has retained a number of elements of Slavic mythology in its ritual. It is celebrated during the last week before Great Lent; that is, the eighth week before Eastern Orthodox Pascha, equivalent to the West's Sexagesima.

East-Slavic folk holiday in Ukraine, Belarus, Poland and Russia

egg decorating tradition in Slavic countries

Radonitsa (Russian: Ра́доница, Belarusian: Ра́даўніца "Day of Rejoicing"), also spelled Radunitsa, Radonica, or Radunica, in the Russian Orthodox Church is a commemoration of the departed observed on the second Tuesday of Pascha (Easter) or, in some places (in south-west Russia), on the second Monday of Pascha. In the Ukrainian tradition it is called Provody (Ukrainian: Прóводи).

thumb|Side road effigy during Dożynki festival near Wrocław Dożynki (Dozhinki, , , ; , Prachystaya; ; ; Dormition) is a Slavic harvest festival. In pre-Christian times the feast usually fell on the autumn equinox, in modern times it is usually celebrated on one of the Sundays following the end of the harvest season, which fall on different days in different regions of Europe.

Slavic folk Christianity holiday

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thumbnail|Konstantin Trutovsky. Koliaduvannia in Ukraine. 1864 thumbnail|Koliaduvannia in Lviv, Ukraine. City festival. 2012 thumbnail|Koledari near Sofia in the mid. of the 20th century. Koliadari or koliadnyky () are Slavic traditional performers of a ceremony called celebration of Koliada, a kind of Christmas caroling. It is associated with Koliada (Calends), a celebration incorporated later into Christmas.

folk play

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Slavic folk Christianity holiday

Traditional meal in some European cultures

thumb|Batlejka booth in the Belarusian National History Museum thumb|Batlejka puppets in the Belarusian National History Museum thumb|Batlejka depicted on a Belarusian post stamp Batlejka (Batleyka; ) is a Belarusian amateur puppet theatre. Its name is derived from the city of Bethlehem and performances are traditionally given over the Christmas period.

traditional Slavic carnival