Heippa, Steemians.
Today i am talking about
Shrove Tuesday
Shrove Tuesday is a winter festivity, but it is not a fixed date. It means that it's celebrated 7 weeks before Easter either in February or March.
But this year it's celebrated today, (13.02.2018)
People went sledging and danced in the evening. Sledging was important – the longer the slide, the longer the stem of flax would be in the fields during the next summer. Slides were taken on a linen bag or a handful of flax, later on sledges and sleighs.
Now
Sledges, boards and plastic are used for sliding. People still speak about the length of flax but flax is very rarely grown in Estonia. Children are taught to make humming tops using big buttons. Buns with whipped cream are eaten, also pigs’ trotters with pea or bean soup.
My bun with whipped cream:
I hope that more countries will take this tradition from us.
Thank you for reading my post, I know it's not really long but there is not much left to talk about.
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