pokladno sijelo

English translation: carnival party

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Croatian term or phrase:pokladno sijelo
English translation:carnival party
Entered by: Ljerka Kovacic Tot

12:32 Sep 14, 2011
Croatian to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Folklore / slavonski običaj
Croatian term or phrase: pokladno sijelo
Organizirale su se društvene zabave s našom glazbom i plesom – pokladna sijela, svinjokoljske večeri, pa i balovi
Ljerka Kovacic Tot
Croatia
Local time: 11:34
carnival party
Explanation:
S obzirom da je ovo sijelo vezano za poklade, pretpostavljam da to nije ona vrsta sijela na kojoj se i radi nešto od korisnih poljoprivrednih poslova, nego se uglavnom sve odnosi na zabavnu stranu sijela. Zato mislim da bi "party" sasvim odgovaralo.
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Dejan Škrebić
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Local time: 11:34
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3 +2carnival party
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carnival party


Explanation:
S obzirom da je ovo sijelo vezano za poklade, pretpostavljam da to nije ona vrsta sijela na kojoj se i radi nešto od korisnih poljoprivrednih poslova, nego se uglavnom sve odnosi na zabavnu stranu sijela. Zato mislim da bi "party" sasvim odgovaralo.

Dejan Škrebić
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Local time: 11:34
Native speaker of: Serbian
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Vesna Maširević: Ili samo carnival (pre-Lent festival) http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/96363/Carnival jer me carnival party uglavnom asocira na nešto tipa "carnival themed party"
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agree  Ivana Zuppa-Baksa: slažem se s Vesnom
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