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Generous Eve celebration in Strochitsy

The Belarusian Folk Museum of Architecture and Rural Life in Strochitsy marked the Generous Eve, a folk holiday celebrated on New Year's Eve in accordance with the Julian calender.

Photos by Oksana Manchuk

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