Maslenitsa Powerpoint (in pdf)
Maslenitsa Powerpoint (in pdf)
Maslenitsa Powerpoint (in pdf)
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• This was orig<strong>in</strong>ally a paganholiday which said goodbye tow<strong>in</strong>ter and called for thecom<strong>in</strong>g of spr<strong>in</strong>g.• Round, hot pancakesrepresented the sun, which theywanted to return and warm theland.• There are other symbols of thesun dur<strong>in</strong>g <strong>Maslenitsa</strong>, likeround dances (khorovody),bonfires, circl<strong>in</strong>g the village onhorseback with a torch, andpush<strong>in</strong>g a wheel with a flam<strong>in</strong>gtorch around the village.Why Pancakes?Picture source: http://www.<strong>in</strong>teresniy.kiev.ua/imglib/_newimage/old/population/obychai/24/11opt.jpg
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