Costumed people carry an effigy of Lady Maslenitsa as they celebrate the Maslenitsa (Pancake week) festival in Yuryev-Polsky town, some 70 km northwest of Vladimir, Russia. Maslenitsa is an Eastern Slavic religious and folk holiday celebrated during the last week before Great Lent.
- Package: Russia Pancake Week
- Categories: Arts, Culture & Entertainment
- Location: Yuryev-Polsky, Russia
- Event date: 09.03.2019
- Date published: 09.03.2019
- Author: Alexey Kudenko
- Credit: Sputnik
- Source: Sputnik
- Original: Digital
- Media: JPEG, 5328x3530px, 10.7Mb
- Job-ID: 40bdd16e079f0da2