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The Summons of Spring-1-5

03.01.2009

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Belarus, Tonezh, March 1, 2009.
Children and adults celebrated the pagan holiday "Hukanne Viasny" ("Calling of Spring") by baking zhavaronki (larcs) - symbolic bird-shaped pastries, which they offered to nature or tossed into the air to summon the return of the birds.
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Liankevich, Andrei
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Belarusian
English
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Belarus
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