Swan Thursday is celebrated in the same way or with variations in other European countries. The Germans, respectively, celebrate the Weiberfastnacht, the women's carnival or otherwise the cutting of the tie. According to the requirements of the custom, men, regardless of position and position, who wear a tie, must "submit" to the power of women, who undertake to cut it.
The French, on the other hand, celebrate Mardi Gras or in plain Greek on Fatty Tuesday. A day when they traditionally eat crepes accompanied by fats, hence the name, saying goodbye to them in this way, that they should not eat during the fasting period. At the same time, they dress up for carnivals and have fun.
In Spain, the day corresponding to our Swan Thursday is Jueves Lardero, in Greek Holy Thursday, while the same tradition continues in other countries with Christian populations, such as Poland and Hungary.
As for our Swan Thursday now, it is the Thursday of the second week of the Triodion, the Creatine. According to the Orthodox tradition, in anticipation of Lent and respecting the fasts of Wednesday and Friday, Swan Thursday was placed between, as a day of relaxation with "tingling" and rambling. It is even called Tsiknopempti or Tsiknopefti.