Maslenitsa is one of the most fun and long-awaited holidays of the year, the celebration of which lasts seven days. At this time, people have fun, go to visit, arrange celebrations and eat pancakes. Carnival in 2018 will begin on February 12, and the date of its completion will be February 18.
Pancake week – the national celebration of the coming spring. Before entering Lent, people say goodbye to winter, enjoy the warm spring days, and, of course, is engaged in baking delicious pancakes.
The most popular fun that used to suit in the villages were:
fist fight;
eating pancakes for a while;
sledding;
climbing on the pole for the prize;
games with the bear;
the burning of an effigy;
bathing in the hole.
