trizna

{{Short description|Slavic funeral rite}}

{{For|the Slovak ski mountaineer|Dušan Trizna}}

Image:Trizna 1899.jpg. Trizna after Oleg, 1899]]

Trizna was a funeral feast of ancient Slavic religion, which was conducted for distinguished members of society before their cremation.{{cite book

|author1=Š. Kulišić |author2=P. Ž. Petrović |author3=N. Pantelić |script-title=sr:Српски митолошки речник

|year=1970

|publisher=Nolit

|location=Belgrade

|language=Serbian

|pages=286

|chapter=Трзан

}} Besides the feast and the wake, the deceased will have their body washed and dressed in the finest clothes before their cremation, and merry-making and contests were also held. According to tradition, this was done to symbolise the victory of life over death by repelling evil spirits with laughter.[https://books.google.com/books?id=2Ipt1KNSRuQC&dq=trizna+Funeral&pg=PA321 Смех На Погребу: Антицки Грцки Погребни Ритуал У Родној И Антрополоској Перспективи]

In villages in Bosnia, name trzan or trzna is used for a place in the middle of a village (more rarely near a crossroad) used for gatherings, which is considered to be derived from trizna.