Carnival and pancakes: as the Maslenitsa celebrate in Europe

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Since the adoption of Christianity, the Carnival was celebrated a week before the Great Lent. But in the West, farewell to skoromnymi products called carnival.

Carnival has a lot of variations, but the meaning is the same everywhere: drive away evil spirits, and also plenty to eat and have fun before encountering severe restrictions during the forty-day fast.

In the whole of Europe, such a concept as Mardi Gras is common. Somewhere it's not Tuesday, but Thursday, and somewhere the first day of Carnival is another name.

In different countries, people came up with different traditional festive dishes, but remained united in that it is impossible to go hungry with carnival.

The main treat on the holiday in France is a cake in the form of a bagel, covered with a glaze in the colors of the holiday - purple, green and yellow. Inside the cake a small figure is baked, and the one to whom it comes across, buys the next cake and treats everyone.