Maslenitsa is one of the oldest and most popular Slavic holidays. It celebrates the imminent end of winter and welcomes the beginning of spring. This year Maslenitsa week is marked on 8-14 March.
Maslenitsa is also known as Butter Week and is celebrated during the last week before Great Lent. Maslenitsa has its traditional activities, like fairs, making pancakes, bonfires and a whole range of other festivities. They culminate in burning of the Maslenitsa Scarecrow. BelTA's archive photos offer a glimpse at Maslenitsa traditions and rituals.
Gorky Park, Minsk, 1996
Gorky Park, Minsk
Yanka Kupala Park, Minsk, 1983
Vitebsk, 2000
Gorky Park, Minsk
Belarusian State Museum of Folk Architecture and Rural Lifestyle, 2020
Voskhod agro-town, Mogilev District, 2016
Strochitsy, 2012
Lyuban District, 2012
Belovezhskaya Pushcha, 2017
Central Botanical Garden, Minsk, 2012
Belarusian State Museum of Folk Architecture and Rural Lifestyle, 2020
Lyuban District, 2012
Strochitsy, 2018
Strochitsy, 2018
Belarusian State Museum of Folk Architecture and Rural Lifestyle, 2016
Voskhod agro-town, Mogilev District, 2016
Silichi, 2015
Gomel, 2005
Lyuban District, 2019
Belarusian State Museum of Folk Architecture and Rural Lifestyle, 2020
Belarusian State Museum of Folk Architecture and Rural Lifestyle, 2016
Karobchitsy, Grodno District, 2020
Belovezhskaya Pushcha, 2019
Brest, 2020
