Item Summary

Belarus, Minsk, February 28, 2008.

A soldier of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Belarus, dressed in women's clothing, jumps rope during the celebration of Maslenitsa in Minsk.

Maslenitsa is a pagan holiday that marks the end of winter, also known as Pancake Week.

It is celebrated during the last week before Lent; that is, the seventh week before Paskha (Easter).

Maslenitsa corresponds to the Western Christian Carnival.

Descriptive Information

Title
Untitled-35
Sort Title
untitled-35
Creator of work
Liankevich, Andrei
Language
Belarusian
English
Date Created
02.28.2008
Format
Photographs
Rights Statement
In Copyright

Discovery Information

Subject
Arts and culture
Holidays
Photography
Geographic Subject
Belarus
Geographic Origin
Belarus

Physical Characteristics

Height
40
Width
60
Page Count
1
File Count
1

Institutional Information

Collection
Princeton Slavic Collections
Box number
Digital box #1
Folder number
35
Barcode
00000000000000
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/ephemera_folders/e7ff703e-f5de-44ae-b1eb-f8748410936f/manifest