People dressed in goose costumes take part in a festive contest 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, 4268x2840px, 7.4Mb
- Job-ID: d65dc46f921ead44