Eid Mubarak! Veseloy Maslenizi! Happy Mardi Gras!

Have you ever wondered what celebration is commonly known as the “sugar feast”? Do you know what Fat Tuesday is or are you perhaps even familiar with Maslenitsa, which is also called Butter Week? At first glance, these expressions sound like a sale week at a discount grocery store, but in fact they describe three different festivals that are celebrated by three different cultures at almost the same time. Baklava, blini, and bacon are served. With ḉay, chai, or cocktails. For the one, participants put on the flashiest costumes they have; at the other they go to a masquerade; and at the third they don their orthodox clothing. What do these festivals have in common? How long are they celebrated? Which cultures celebrate what exactly? At this PIASTA evening, find out more about these festivals and how the various cultures celebrate in similar ways before Lent, but also about the traditions that are unique to each.

Date: Wed, 29.12.2020, 6–9:30 pm

Place: Rentzelstraße 17, conference room (ground floor)

Language: Short presentations in German and English, multilingual event