Russian traditions. Russian Traditional Holiday Shrovetide

On this week russian people celebrate Maslenitsa also known as Butter Week or Cheesefare Week, It is an Eastern Slavic folk and religious holiday, And this is the last week before Great Lent. Today is Sunday - the last day of Maslenitsa. And we call it "Forgiveness Sunday". Relatives and friends ask each other for forgiveness. Traditional food for Maslenitsa - "Bliny". Bliny - they are like thin pancakes. We eat them with honey, with sour-scream, with caviar We eat them with honey, with sour-scream, with caviar Pancakes symbolize the Sun. Because the winter is going away and we are waiting for spring. And pancakes have round shape and nice gold color, they look like the Sun. The culmination of the celebration of Maslenitsa. people gather to "strip Lady Maslenitsa of her finery" and burn her in a bonfire. 00:00:32 Songs and dancing. 00:01:00 Srtaw fighting 00:01:27 Blini 00:03:25 Lady Maslenitsa