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Russia: Maslyanitsa

Categories: Eastern & Central Europe, Russia, Arts & Culture, Food, Religion

W. Shedd of The Accidental Russophile writes about Maslyanitsa [1], a part-pagan, part-Christian holiday, celebrating the arrival of spring and the approach of the pre-Easter fast, and how it is marked in Russia nowadays.