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Welcome to Russian Maslenitsa 2021, complete with Covid effigy burning and giant blinis (PHOTOS) Russia Beyond
People watch a castle-shape wooden construction burning as part of celebrations at the Maslenitsa (Shrovetide) festival at the Nikola-Lenivets art park in Nikola-Lenivets village, about 200 kilometers (125 miles) south-west of Moscow, Russia, Saturday, March 13, 2021 AP After 2020, the year of Covid, Russians have found the most inventive ways to celebrate the main Slavic festival marking the end of winter.
Each year, every Russian city and town celebrates the old Slavic festival of Maslenitsa that is dedicated to seeing off the winter and greeting the spring. The festival continues for a whole week, during which Russians bake blinis and, on Sunday, organize popular events, such as traditional khorovod circle dancing, sledge rides and the ritual burning of a Maslenitsa effigy. It is believed that, in burning the effig
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