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Procession with a scarecrow doll during Maslenitsa, the end of winter Russian holiday, in the open--air museum of wooden architecture near Irkutsk
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| Title | Procession with a scarecrow doll during Maslenitsa, the end of winter Russian holiday, in the open--air museum of wooden architecture near Irkutsk |
| Notes | Maslenitsa (Russian mardi gras, or Bliny week) is a pre-Christian Russian holiday marking the end of winter and the long-awaited arrival of spring. On the last day of Maslenitsa a stuffed effigy symbolizing winter is thrown into a bonfire, the eating and drinking end, and Orthodox Lent begins. |
| Subjects | Parades and processions
Celebrations
Rites and ceremonies
Galleries and museums
Snow
Winter
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| Photographer | Tolan, Anna |
| Country | Russia |
| Region | Vostochno-Sibirskiy Ekonomicheskiy Rayon |
| Oblast/Province | Irkutskaya Oblast |
| City/Town | Irkutsk |
| Contributors | Tolan, Anna |
| ImageType | photograph |
| Image Date | 2002 |
| Digital Collection | Central Eurasian Information Resource |
| Image No. | 5019 |
| Contact information | The University of Washington Libraries does not provide reproductions of this image. The original negative, print, or slide reproduced here remains in the possession of the copyright holder. For further information contact the UW Libraries' Slavic and East European Section, slavinfo@u.washington.edu. |
| Rights | Tolan, Anna |
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