This week is an Eastern Slavic celebration called Maslenitsa.
As you might have guessed, Maslenitsa is all about pancakes or blini (they are more like french crepes, rather than fluffy American pancakes).They are freshly made every day and supposedly symbolize the Sun, so by eating pancakes, people consume its warmth and energy. Today Sofiya, Akmaral and house tutor Alina were making pancakes and sharing their traditions with everyone.
We are also very proud to say that Emma and Sara now know how to make and flip the pancakes!
P.S. Interesting fact – Burning woman
The grand finale of the pancake week is burning the effigy of Maslenitsa, a straw stuffed doll, dressed in female clothes, which marks the imminent end of winter. In the old days people also threw pancakes into the fire as a form of funeral repast for the “dying” winter.
