How Russians Celebrate Maslenitsa

Pancakes are symbolic

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. Russians try to eat as many of those as possible, especially before the approaching seven weeks of the Great Lent.