ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Thousands of people gathered near the Kremlin in central Moscow this weekend to celebrate Maslenitsa, a traditional festival marking the end of winter and the arrival of ...

Each year, a wooden structure is set alight at the Maslenitsa folk festival in the Kaluga region. This year, the construction was dedicated to the Don Quixote character from books of Spanish ...

The Make Merry festival wrapped up the Pancake Week in Grodno on a colorful note. The program opened by a costumed parade. Several hundred participants marched from Dzerzhinskogo Street to Lenin ...

"In honor of Maslenitsa," as indicated on the websites, it is suggested to enter your first name, last name and phone number to "search the bonus lists." This is a standard scheme for an investment ...

Through the lens: The Citizen's Picture Editors select the best news photographs from South Africa and around the world. A folklore actor performs during an opening of the festival ‘Moscow ...

Ivan Shmelev wrote about Maslenitsa better than anyone, “... pancakes again and again. Stuffed pancakes. These are followed by aspic, and pancakes again — this time, with two fillings. After them, ...

The teleconference compared the traditions of the Russian folk festival Maslenitsa and the Indian festival of Holi. The teleconference included presentations, interactive games, poetry recitation ...

TASS/. On March 11, 2024, Russia starts to celebrate Maslenitsa, a holiday symbolizing the farewell to winter and the welcoming of spring. It lasts seven days, begins 55 days before Easter and ...

The conference was dedicated to Maslenitsa and allowed to find common ground in the Russian holiday of seeing off winter and Indian customs of welcoming spring. The topic of the first teleconference ...

The week of Maslenitsa starts in Russia on March 4. Traditionally, it starts on Monday and lasts throughout the week, TASS reports. It will end with Forgiveness Sunday, during which people will ask ...

Maslenitsa is a traditional week of seeing off winter. There are many folk traditions associated with this holiday - from baking pancakes to burning a scarecrow. However, lately, against the backdrop ...