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🌝С Масленицей! Happy Shrovetide! 🔻Maslenitsa (or Shrovetide), a week-long traditional Russian festival before Lent, culminates in Forgiveness Sunday. 🔻This significant day precedes Great Lent, marking a time for asking forgiveness and reconciliation. 🔻The week-long celebration leading up to it features the vibrant Russian tradition of Maslenitsa, including feasts, games like the thrilling greased pole climb, the burning of a winter scarecrow, and joyous performances of folk songs, lively chastushki (short humorous Russian songs), and energetic Russian folk dances. 🔻Maslenitsa remains incredibly popular, showcasing Russia's rich cultural heritage and is celebrated by Russians not only in Russia but in other countries as well. Video: an episode from Russian film Сибирский цирюльник by Nikita Mikhalkov (1998) #Maslenitsa #Shrovetide #holidays #Russian_culture #ForgivenessSunday 😎 Stay with @LearnRCRussian