Blinomobile, Tsar Peas, blacksmith wedding - Vladivostok is preparing to celebrate Maslenitsa

The carnival in Primorye will be celebrated on a grand scale. The most famous Slavic holiday today will be celebrated in all municipalities of the region, in all areas of the Far Eastern capital. But the main platform for the winter will be the central square of Vladivostok, where a noisy fair will unfold on March 17 and cheerful festivities will take place. In 2024, Maslenitsa is celebrated from 11 to 17 March. And from the first day of the Maslenka week in Vladivostok will drive a pancake car. Merry skomorokhs will invite citizens and guests of Vladivostok to the upcoming holiday. In their arsenal mischievous jokes, quizzes with sweet prizes, souvenirs and even lottery tickets, which are sure to bring good luck during the draw of prizes on the main platform of the holiday. The festive program of events on the central square of Vladivostok, dedicated to Maslenitsa, is the brightest, most fervent and flamboyant. Guests are waiting for a variety of entertainment: historical reconstructions, sports, applied master classes and performances of creative teams. The festival will begin with the “Maslenie Train”. According to tradition, hundreds of people in elegant costumes, with the image of the sun in their hands to cheerful jokes and choruses will pass along the main street of Vladivostok from the Admiral Square to the central square. A real posad will be erected on the square, where the masters will demonstrate blacksmith craft, weaving and spinning. There, everyone will be able to try to defeat the local strongman, try themselves in accuracy, sending spears at the target, or conquer an 8-meter olive pole. For children will be interesting fitting armor, catapult, gingerbread painting and other activities. In the shopping arcades will present a variety of souvenirs, jewelry and accessories, honey from local manufacturers. Those who wish will be able not only to taste it, but also to peek the secrets of cooking sbitny. All guests will be able to become not only spectators, but also participants in theatrical performances. Fairy-tale heroes and skomorokhs will call children and adults to participate in olive fun, where anyone can fight with pillows, tug of war, lifting weights, sawing firewood. All participants will receive prizes and gifts. 

In front of the audience will unfold the journey of Prince Elisha and Vasilisa the Beautiful in the Far Eastern city. On the way, they will be joined by heroes, skomorokhs, Russian girls, Baba Yaga and other fairy-tale heroes. An interesting event will be a real blacksmith wedding. The bride and groom are masters of blacksmithing, and the wedding ceremony will be closely intertwined with craftsmanship. With the olive rites, traditions and culture of the guests of the holiday will also introduce King Peas. All performances will be held on the central stage, creative teams and individual performers will also perform there. Master classes are an integral part of the Masleniya festivities. They will be interesting for both children and adults. Choose from what: the creation of traditional toys - dolls-maslenits, paintings in the folk style, the manufacture of birdhouses and feeders for birds in the eco-style, familiarity with the Old Slavonic fonts, etc. The main symbol of the holiday is round and hot pancakes. Their baking is a real ritual of attracting the sun, prosperity and prosperity. For this will be responsible chefs Vladivostok cafes and restaurants. At oilseed master classes, we learn to bake pancakes: buckwheat, with a silt, millet, openwork, pancakes, crepes. And it's gonna be a real pancake show. In the neighborhood, on a pancake street, guests will be able to choose a variety of pancakes to their taste: yeast and yeastless, on water and on kefir, thin and thick, small and large, with and without filling. And on a pancake island, chefs and guests will be sacred to baking pancakes. According to the long-established tradition, pancakes on Maslenitsa should be prepared as much as possible. That's why it should be enough. Maslenitsa should be noted as it should be - fun and bright, fervent and interesting, tasty and diverse. Otherwise, we'll postpone the arrival of spring. The culmination of the holiday will be the burning of the highest compared to previous years stuffed Maslenitsa height of 4.5 meters. The organizers of this holiday are the Government of the Primorsky Territory, the Administration of Vladivostok, the operator — the Tourist Information Center of the Primorsky Territory (Visit Primorye). 

The material was prepared by the Tourist Information Center of the Primorsky Territory (Visit Primorye). Photo: Irina Ovchinnikova.