SHROVETIDE 26.02.201712:00 — 16:00

Metenis is the herald of spring and beginning of a new economic year. Meteņi is the most cheerful holiday of the year and the most popular time for mummeries. Tradition has it that on this day people must walk from farm to farm in order to make flax grow taller, as well as throw children over the fence, so that they do not oversleep for school. This is a big feast day before fasting, on the table you will see pigs nose and black pea pie.