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A woman prepares pancakes during celebration of Maslenitsa (Shrovetide), a farewell ceremony to winter close to village of Khlyupino about 60 km from Moscow. (AFP photo)
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A stuffed character representing Winter is seen during the celebration of Maslenitsa (Shrovetide), an Orthodox Christian symbolic farewell ceremony to winter, in St. Petersburg. (AFP photo)
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Young men fight with hay stuffed bags during festivities to mark Maslenitsa celebrations, or Shrovetide, in the village of Ozertso, in outskirts of Minsk, Belarus. (AP photo)
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People take part in celebration of Maslenitsa (Shrovetide), a farewell ceremony to winter close to village of Khlyupino about 60 km from Moscow. (AFP photo)
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People storm a snow fortress close to village of Khlyupino about 60 km from Moscow, in celebration of Maslenitsa (Shrovetide), a farewell ceremony to winter. (AFP photo)
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People take part in celebration of Maslenitsa (Shrovetide), a farewell ceremony to winter close to village of Khlyupino about 60 km from Moscow. (AFP photo)
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People take part in celebration of Maslenitsa (Shrovetide), a farewell ceremony to winter close to village of Khlyupino about 60 km from Moscow. (AFP photo)
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A woman, wearing a costume, holds plate of pancakes to mark the end of Maslenitsa (Shrovetide) in the Kyrgyzstan's capital Bishkek. (AFP photo)
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Women play with their dogs during celebrations of Maslenitsa, or Pancake Week, outside the village of Khlyupino, some 50 km (31 miles) west of Moscow, Russia. (AP photo)
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