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=Celebrating Maslyanitsa with pancakes...=
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 * Maslyanitsa** (from the Russian word "**maslo**" which means butter) is an ancient week long festival

At the end of the festival, people burn a straw, cloth and wood effigy symbolizing Mother Winter.
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