Russians have been celebrating Maslenitsa, an ancient festival bidding farewell to winter that also marks the beginning of Lent. 1 Burning an effigy of winter during a celebration of Maslenitsa at the ...

The weeklong festival has been compared to Mardi Gras, marking the start of Lent for Orthodox Christians. People in costumes march on Moscow's Manezhnaya Square during the Maslenitsa festival ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Maslenitsa is a traditional Russian holiday celebrated ahead of Lent, when people cook and eat a lot of pancakes, sing and dance.

RIGA, Feb. 29 (Xinhua) -- The Maslenitsa Festival is held in Riga, Latvia, to celebrate the end of winter and mark the arrival of spring. A child eats street food during the Maslenitsa Festival to ...

The Chefs and Pancakes campaign, which unites culinary arts and charity, will be held this weekend, on February 21 and 22, on Tverskaya Boulevard in Moscow. According to the organizers, the event is ...

A vendor cooks street food during the Maslenitsa Festival to celebrate the end of winter and mark the arrival of spring in Riga, Latvia, Feb. 29, 2020. (Photo by Edijs Palens/Xinhua) People enjoy ...

People eat pancake during the Maslenitsa festival celebrations in Moscow, Russia, Feb. 29, 2020. Maslenitsa is a traditional Russian holiday to celebrate the beginning of spring, which lasts from Feb.

Fistfights, fire, and stacks of pancakes marked the traditional farewell to winter known as Maslenitsa. We've selected 14 of the wildest moments from the mostly eastern-Slavic countries where the ...