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Pancake Week Festival: Pancakes, Capturing a Snow Fortress and Pillow Fights

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Pancake Week in Russia: pancake games, burning an art-scarecrow and fun times.

Pancake Week in Russia: pancake games, burning an art-scarecrow and fun times.

© RIA Novosti . Konstantin Chalabov / Go to the mediabankThe Pancake Binge festival took place in the historic center of Nizhny Novgorod. It included contests in speed pancake-making and speed eating of this traditional dish. The festivities ended with a traditional burning of the winter scarecrow.
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The Pancake Binge festival took place in the historic center of Nizhny Novgorod. It included contests in speed pancake-making and speed eating of this traditional dish. The festivities ended with a traditional burning of the winter scarecrow.
© RIA Novosti . Konstantin Chalabov / Go to the mediabankThe crowd on the square was entertained by jolly minstrels, giant stilt walkers, Russian bogatyrs, or knights, and craftsmen.
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The crowd on the square was entertained by jolly minstrels, giant stilt walkers, Russian bogatyrs, or knights, and craftsmen.
© RIA Novosti . Vitaly Ankov / Go to the mediabankTraditional Pancake Week festivities on the central square in Vladivostok.
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Traditional Pancake Week festivities on the central square in Vladivostok.
© RIA Novosti . Pavel Lisitsin / Go to the mediabankPancake Week celebration in Yekaterinburg.
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Pancake Week celebration in Yekaterinburg.
© RIA Novosti . Sergey MamontovCapturing a snow fortress is an old folk game which is always played during Pancake Week.
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Capturing a snow fortress is an old folk game which is always played during Pancake Week.
© RIA Novosti . Vitaly Ankov / Go to the mediabankThe bravest and the smartest people could try their luck and receive gifts from the traditional Pancake Week pole in Vladivostok.
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The bravest and the smartest people could try their luck and receive gifts from the traditional Pancake Week pole in Vladivostok.
© RIA Novosti . Artem Zhitenev / Go to the mediabankKolomenskoye Park served as the main site for Pancake Week festivities in Moscow.
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Kolomenskoye Park served as the main site for Pancake Week festivities in Moscow.
© RIA Novosti . Sergey Mamontov / Go to the mediabankPancake Week festivities in the Moscow Region
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Pancake Week festivities in the Moscow Region
© RIA Novosti . Sergey Mamontov / Go to the mediabankPancake Week festivities in the Moscow Region
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Pancake Week festivities in the Moscow Region
© RIA Novosti . Alexander Kriazhev / Go to the mediabankPancake Week festivities in the Novosibirsk Region
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Pancake Week festivities in the Novosibirsk Region
© RIA Novosti . Artem Zhitenev / Go to the mediabankPancake Week parade in the center of Moscow
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Pancake Week parade in the center of Moscow
© RIA Novosti . Artem Zhitenev / Go to the mediabankPancake Week parade in the center of Moscow
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Pancake Week parade in the center of Moscow
© RIA Novosti . Ramil Sitdikov / Go to the mediabankBurning the art scarecrow Fire, Water, and Brass Pipes during the Pancake Week celebration in Gorky Park.
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Burning the art scarecrow Fire, Water, and Brass Pipes during the Pancake Week celebration in Gorky Park.
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