People dance near Burning Lady Maslenitsa (Butter Lady) during the celebration of Maslenitsa in Belarusian State Museum of Folk Architecture and Rural Lifestyle, Minsk region, Belarus. Maslenitsa, also known as Butter Week, Crepe week, Pancake Week or Cheesefare Week, is an Eastern Slavic religious and folk holiday, which has retained a number of elements of Slavic mythology in its ritual, celebrated during the last week before Great Lent, that is, the eighth week before Orthodox Easter.
- Package: Worldwide Maslenitsa Celebration
- Categories: Lifestyle & Leisure, Religion & Belief, Arts, Culture & Entertainment
- Location: Minsk region, Belarus
- Event date: 13.03.2021
- Date published: 13.03.2021
- Author: Viktor Tolochko
- Credit: Sputnik
- Source: Sputnik
- Original: Digital
- Media: JPEG, 4999x3309px, 9Mb
- Job-ID: b9f050c06e4c4584