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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.
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- Creator of work
- Liankevich, Andrei
- Geographic Origin
- Belarus
- Geographic Subject
- Belarus
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