ave its own name according to the content of the programme: Monday is called Greeting, Tuesday is dedicated to the Popular Games, Wednesday is a Sweets Day e t s. The final attraction, planned for the last day of the Pancake week, Sunday, is Maslenichny tour: anyone will have a chance to join a carnival procession moving from Triumfalnaya Square to the Vasilyevsky Slope across Tverskaya Street, Manezhnaya Square and Slavyanskaya Square.
"This year we are trying to organize the Maslenitsa events not only in the major squares but also in every park of the city and even in every yard, so that people won t have to walk long distances to enjoy the holiday", said Inna Svyatenko, member of the Central Administrative District Public Council.
A special live performance will be put on in Kolomenskoye Park. This historical show is supposed to describe Maslenitsa traditions from pagan times to our days. Folklore carnivals will take place in Izmaylovsky Park, Gorky Park and Sokolniki. On the last day of Maslenitsa all the feasting will end by burning down scarecrows symbolizing winter, thus saying good-bye to the cold season until next year.
Maslenitsa Recipe
To celebrate Maslenitsa at home prepare pancakes according to the old traditional Russian recipe
Ingredients:
1. Flour 3 glasses
2. Eggs 5
3. Sugar 40 gr
4. Milk 3 glasses
Stir the eggs with sugar, slowly adding milk. Add some salt. Then start adding the flour, stirring the mixture and smoothing the dough nubbles. Now everything is ready for frying pancakes. The batter should be poured out into a hot oiled frying pan.
(by Antonina Frolenkova, the Moscow News)
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