Shrovetide, also known as Maslenitsa, is an old traditional Slavic festival celebrated in Russia during the last week before Lent. As one of the oldest and most joyful holidays in Slavic tradition, Maslenitsa is a time for Russians to say goodbye to winter and welcome spring. Popular activities during Maslenitsa include eating pancakes with caviar or jam and berries, playing folk instruments, singing, dancing, riding troikas, having snowball fights, and burning a scarecrow that symbolizes the end of winter.

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2. Shrovetide or Maslenitsa is an old traditional
festival. Maslenitsa is one of the oldest and
most joyful Slavic holidays. There's no other
holiday that has so much of the “Russian
spirit”.
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3. Maslenitsa is celebrated during the
last week before the Lent, that is
seven weeks before the Easter. It’s
when Russians say goodbye to winter
and welcome spring.
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4. What are people’s favourite
activities on Shrovetide?
Eat blini (pancakes)
with caviar.
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5. You can eat these tasty
pancakes with red or
black caviar.
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6. You can enjoy eating them with jam and berries.
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7. On this holiday people play garmoshkas and
balalaikas, sing songs and dance. People ride
troikas and have snowball fights. People make
a doll as a symbol of the winter and burn a
scarecrow.
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