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Oil week is an ancient Slavic holiday, which is celebrated just before the beginning of Lent. In 2020, the first of a series of 7 holidays will be February 24th. We propose to prepare original thematic pictures and mini-cards with wishes by this date in order to please extraordinary and warm congratulations to relatives, relatives, friends or colleagues.
Universal
You can give your loved ones a good mood and remind you that the oil (or, as it is also called, cheese) week of 2020 has arrived by sending short congratulations on Maslenitsa, funny pictures or postcards.
The best option is universal congratulations, which display ancient traditions and rituals (first of all, the tradition of baking delicious pancakes with a wide variety of fillings).
Childishly funny
Greeting cards 2020 "With Shrovetide!" Can be very diverse. One of the options is comic miniature pictures with cartoon characters and cute little animals: cats, puppies, hedgehogs, bears ...
Congratulations on the days of the week
Festivities last a whole week, and each of 7 days (from Monday to Sunday) has its own special meaning. If you wish, you can please your friends by sending them creative pictures and original congratulations in 2020 throughout the week, at the same time familiarizing yourself with Shrovetide and its traditions.
Monday - meeting
On this day, we celebrate Oil Week, which means that postcards should contain appropriate inscriptions.
Tuesday - Tricks
Traditionally, matchmaking took place on this day. According to tradition, who managed to capture the bride at Maslyanitsa, played a wedding on Krasnaya Gorka, after the end of Lent.
Not surprisingly, the second day of oil was especially revered among young people. On this day, in the morning, various entertainments were organized, among which the most favorite was skiing.
On Tuesday, it was customary to invite relatives or friends to visit. In 2020, this can be done by sending an original invitation in the style of a greeting card with Shrovetide.
Wednesday - Gourmet
On this day, pancakes must be baked all mother-in-law, trying to please the sons-in-law and to please the daughters. We offer to invite children to visit in an original way - by sending a son-in-law a comic invitation card.
Thursday - revelry
If youth festivities were held on Tuesday, then on Thursday people of all ages went out into the street, because from this day all work stopped and the celebration season officially began (Wide Maslyanitsa).
Traditionally, fairs, various competitions, jumping over fire, horseback riding and, of course, the battle for the "Snow City", in which both children and adults, participated with pleasure, were held.
On this day, it is customary to give funny pictures and congratulations on the Wide Shrovetide, which you will also find in our catalog of original postcards of 2020.
Friday - the evening party
On this day, the mother-in-law came to the house of the son-in-law and daughter "for pancakes" on a return visit. Although such a visit is traditional and does not require an invitation, mother-in-law / mother will be pleased to receive a card in advance with a hint that she will be glad to see her at a party.
Saturday - Zolovkin gatherings
Traditionally, on the 6th day, Maslyana always invited all the young relatives (in particular, the sisters and their families) from her husband, as well as at the request of friends and relatives from the bride.
Sunday - farewell
Sunday is the last day of the Carnivore before the beginning of Great Lent. This is the last day when you can enjoy delicious and satisfying pancakes from the heart, so Maslyana's farewell has always been celebrated noisily and merrily. On this day, festivities were organized, in the final of which a stuffed Pancake week was burned.
Sunday is the last day for celebrations and congratulations, therefore, a postcard with Shrovetide should be special - we suggest that in 2020 we will please relatives and friends with a themed animated picture.
To view the effect of animation or download the image, click on the picture.
Comic
As an alternative to the listed greetings, you can consider comic mini-pictures and images of cute tots.
You can download any of the images presented in the article to your device or copy and add to the email message box in the messenger.
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