Slippery tree game from Maslenitsa.

One of a hundred half-naked contestants trying to climb a greased pole to get to the goody-bags at the top. They all fell but had a good time trying. A story to tell their mates once they had sobered up.

Pancakes.

March 5th 2006
There was only one thing I wanted to do today. I was a boy who loves pancakes, in a country that loves pancakes, on pancake day. Today is the end of a very big Russian celebration. From Sarah Brown's email to me from Petersburg: "There's a festival this week called 'Maslenitsa', which is the Russian 'Pancake Week'. It started on monday and goes right through to sunday, which is the start of the ... read more

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