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maslenitsa – farewell to winter
if you want to watch parades, see fireworks and open-air theatre performances and eat until you burst, then the maslenitsa carnival (or‘blini week’) in the heart of moscow is the festival for you! this fun festival takes place around the end of february and celebrates the end of winter and the beginning of spring. for this reason, all the festival-goers eat blini (pancakes), which symbolise the sun (round, golden and warm). at the end of carnival week, there is a big bonfire to say a final goodbye to winter!
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