Maslenitsa is a traditional Russian holiday to celebrate the beginning of spring, which lasts from Feb. 24 to March 1 this year. (Xinhua/Evgeny Sinitsyn) HOME >> PHOTOS ...

Maslenitsa merrymaking was usually on the street, which is why besides tea you could buy other types of warm drinks. One such popular drink was sbiten, which is similar to mulled wine.

Maslenitsa Monday is the day for greeting the holiday. Snow-slides should be laid out and built. Kids would make the Maslenitsa scarecrows, dress them up, and parade them through the streets.

Maslenitsa Celebration Helps Russians Thaw From Winter Sunday is the final day of a week-long Russian festival that celebrates folk traditions, heroic eating and the distant promise of spring.

A vendor cooks street food during the Maslenitsa Festival to celebrate the end of winter and mark the arrival of spring in Riga, Latvia, Feb. 29, 2020. (Photo by Edijs Palens/Xinhua) People enjoy ...

Traditionally, the Maslenitsa is burned, not only because she is blamed for the cold and ice of winter, but also to melt the snow to make way for spring. Skip to Article. Set weather.

I have always viewed maslenitsa as a long-awaited and very joyful time. I don't see any particular problem or sin in the fact that people meet, eat, and have a good time. The festive table, ...

Belarus has bid farewell to winter and welcomed spring during Maslenitsa week. Traditional games are played, pancakes are eaten, and soldiers show their strength during the seven day festival.

Metro; Maslenitsa: A week of pre-Lenten food and fun ends with Sunday's celebration (photos) Published: ; Feb. 19, 2018, 12:45 p.m.

Maslenitsa is Eastern Slavic holiday, celebrated during seventh week before the Orthodox Easter, and is known for having pancakes as the most characteristic food.

In Sydney Maslenitsa will be organised for the third time. Head of the organising committee, chairwoman of the Russian welfare society and principal of the St. Nicholas Russian school Irina Ryan ...