I-Shrovetide ngesiCzech ibizwa ngokuthi i-carnival (Masopust). Ukuhunyushwa kwaleli gama kuzwakala kanje: ukuzila ukudla inyama. Kugujwa ngesonto eledlule ngaphambi kokuthi "uLwesithathu Womlotha" (Popelecni Streda), okungukuthi, ngaphambi kokuqala kokuzila kwePhasika kwezinsuku ezingamashumi amane.
Isiko lokuzijabulisa nokuzilibazisa ekupheleni kobusika lafika eBohemia ngekhulu le-13 livela eJalimane (yingakho, ngokwesibonelo, eMoravia, esikhundleni se-masopust, bethi "fashank" - igama elivela eJalimane Fasching) . Leli siko liye lagcinwa, okokuqala, ezigodini, kodwa muva nje liye lavuselelwa nasemadolobheni. Ngokwesibonelo, ePrague, kusukela ngo-1933, bekubanjwe i-carnival endaweni yaseZizkov.
Kepha ngo-2021, ngenxa yobhadane lwe-coronavirus, imicimbi yomkhosi ingakhanselwa.
Iviki eligcwele ubumnandi obumatasa liqala ngokuthi “ULwesine Olukhulu” (“Tucny Ctvrtek”). Ngalolo suku, badla futhi baphuze kakhulu, ukuze, njengoba besho, babe namandla anele unyaka wonke. Isidlo esikhulu se-Fat ngoLwesine yingulube enamadombolo agaywe ngamadombolo neklabishi. Konke kugezwa ngobhiya oshisayo kanye ne-plum brandy.
Ngesikhathi se-Shrovetide, kulungiswa izitsha eziningi zakudala, ezinomsoco kakhulu. Amadada athosiwe, amazinyane engulube, ojeli, amaroli namacimpethi, i-elito kanye ne-yitrnice. U-Elito wenziwa ngegazi lengulube nelengulube futhi uphakelwa ngesinkwa esiyisicaba, kuyilapho i-yitrnice iyisoseji elenziwe ngengulube eqoshiwe nesibindi. I-Tlachenka eno-anyanisi, i-ovar enamakha, isobho lezimbongolo, i-ham omisiwe, amasoseji abhakiwe, ushizi othosiwe we-hermelin, amaswidi amnandi, futhi lokhu akuyona yonke i-assortment ye-Shrovetide. Amapancake awuphawu lweShrovetide yaseRussia, kanti i-masopust idume ngama-donuts.
Ema-masquerades ka-Maslenitsa, ama-Czechs ngokuvamile agqoke njengabazingeli, omakoti nabakhwenyana, abadayisi, abanini bezitolo kanye nabanye abalingiswa bomdabu. Phakathi kwabo kukhona ngempela imaskhi yebhere - indoda ehola ibhere ngeketanga. Ibhele bekufanele lithuse izingane ezincane. Ungabona kokubili isifihla-buso sehhashi kanye nomJuda ephethe isikhwama. Wonke umama ongumama uyazi kahle indlela okufanele aziphathe ngayo: isibonelo, umJuda ophethe isaka ufunga kakhulu ngezipho nezibiliboco ezinikezwa abamumu, izipho kwakufanele zibonakale zincane kuye, futhi izibiliboco ziyingcosana.
NgeSonto i-masopust ibanjwa (amabhola asesigodini abukeka kahle kakhulu). Wonke umuntu uyadansa futhi ujabule kuze kuse. Kwezinye izigodi kubuye kubanjwe ibhola ngoMsombuluko, balibiza “elomuntu” okusho ukuthi abashadile kuphela abakwazi ukudansa.
I-Carnival - isikhathi lapho yonke imithetho namasiko engasebenzi (yebo, ngaphandle kwezigebengu), isikhathi lapho ungenza futhi usho yonke into ngezinsuku ezijwayelekile umuntu ojwayelekile angeke aze ayicabange. Akukho mkhawulo kumahlaya namahlaya!
IMasopust iphela ngoLwesibili ngodwendwe olukhulu lukamaskandi. Ezindaweni eziningi kuba khona umngcwabo wama-double bass, okusho ukuthi amabhola nobumnandi sekuphelile, sekuyisikhathi sokuthi kuqalwe ukubheka ukushesha kwePhasika.