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Medoviy Spas
Medoviy Spas - "Honey Day" is celebrated on the 14th of August. This is the first of three days marking the harvest of crops that have been planted and prepared over summer, and ready for winter. This day marks the end of the bees gath - ering nectar, and is a signal that the people can begin to collect honey. The traditional custom was to bring honey to the church for blessing. But it is marked not only as a religious holiday. There were also many honey exhibitions opening in cities and towns on this day that display a lot of pleas - ant tasting sorts of honey which is an extremely healthy popular food product in Russia.
A: Whats your favourite celebration?
B: My favourite celebration is Maslenitsa. Have you heard of it?
A: No, I havent. When do you celebrate it?
B: We celebrate it one week before Lent and it lasts for seven days.
A: Wow! Thats a long celebration. What are you celebrating?
B: Were celebrating the end of the cold winter and the coming of Lent.
A; What events take place during Maslenitsa?
B: Many things happen during this week. People dress up in bright and colourful costumes and go to masquerades. We sing songs, go to parades, watch fireworks, and ride on carousals and horse- drawn sleds. The most popular food is pancakes, or blini, that you can eat with butter, sour cream, mushrooms or caviar.
My favourite celebration is Maslenitsa. For me, this is one of the most joyful and happiest cele -
brations of the year because it means spring is coming and winter is ending. It takes place one week before Lent and lasts for 7 days. Maslenitsa is also called a pancake week because we are cel - ebrating the sun by eating symbolic hot pancakes called blini. We eat them wi
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