AKIPRESS.COM - Maslenitsa has been celebrated across Kyrgyzstan on March 1, Turmush reports.

The celebration in various parts of Kyrgyzstan was attended by residents and local authorities.

Maslenitsa is an Eastern Slavic religious and folk holiday, celebrated during the last week before Great Lent that is, the eighth week before Eastern Orthodox Pasha (Easter). Maslenitsa corresponds to the Western Christian Carnival, except that Orthodox Lent begins on a Monday instead of a Wednesday, and the Orthodox date of Easter can differ greatly from the Western Christian date.