Talk:Petrushka (ballet)
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[edit] Needs Sources
The article needs sources. The only source that was cited in the article is a dead link, which I deleted:
Carnegie Hall's Program Notes for the performance on Nov 16th 2004.
—Finell (Talk) 15:54, 12 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Shrovetide versus Maslenitsa
This article, and many other English language discussions of Petrushka (program notes, liner notes, etc.), refer to the Russian fair in the first and fourth scenes as Shrovetide, which is the pre-Lent carnival of England. However, the Russian carnival is called Maslenitsa. Sources on Maslenitsa, although not the WP article, say that Petrushka folk tale was a regular feature of the Maslenitsa festivities. See, e.g., http://www.maslenitsa.com/english/traditions/petrusha.html or http://www.passportmagazine.ru/article/196. Maslenitsa must be the carnival that was the setting for the Petrushka ballet. Therefore, I don't understand the many references to Shrovetide in connection with Petrushka, unless it is just unjustified Anglicanization. Can anyone shed light on this? —Finell (Talk) 16:56, 12 August 2006 (UTC)
- "Unjustified Anglicanization" - hit the nail on the head. "Shrovetide" is the best approximation those stuffy program-note-writers could get to Maslenitsa, which is essentially the same thing. (Linguistic sidenote: "Maslenitsa" from Russian "maslo" - oil/butter. The Eastern Orthodox tradition forbids the consumption of oil or dairy products (among other things - meat, etc.) during Lent. See also Mardi Gras ("Fat Tuesday") and Carnival (Carnal, chili con carne... meat, flesh!)) -IvanP/(болтай) 17:22, 15 August 2006 (UTC)
