I love it! Looks like a bunch of fun! I had no idea you have that celebration. Those boys are growing up so fast. They are too cool to dance these days. Hahaha I want to ask if you’ve ever been to Lake Baikal? I subscribe to a channel ‘Wild Siberia’. He’s an American veteran living near the lake. It looks beautiful, fun, and very cold. But, I’m curious if you ever vacation there and if you take the boys fishing? Take care buddy.
I get so little fatigue at work that I can do without vacations. I can take a few days or a week off at any time if I need to. Most of the time I relax with my family in the summer at the dacha (country summer cottage). I grew up in the middle of a big city, so I don't fish at all.. I am more interested in different gadgets, photo and video cameras... I'm such a city person. No one instilled in me a love of fishing, so my sons don't fish either. Although I have a lot of acquaintances and relatives who love fishing, but for some reason I don't find it interesting for me. Gadgets, RUclips, video editing, sitcoms, standup, walking around town, audiobooks, meditation - these are my ways to relax.
By the way, at the end of the summer or in early fall we want to go to St. Petersburg or Moscow - to walk around the city for a few days. Or maybe we'll go to Altai if we want wildlife. We haven't decided exactly yet.
@@sir_russia All would be provide excellent filming opportunities. I’ve heard St. Petersburg has incredible architecture. And the red square is always a hit. Be sure you can travel safely to both of those areas considering our current ‘climate’. The Altai mountains are very interesting. Outside of the wildlife and scenery in the area, the Tuvan history and culture intrigues me, although I understand the area has a negative stigma. I’m a big fan of a band called Huun Huur Tu and they hail from that country. If you travel there, I would love to see your exploration of the throat singing culture in the area. Maybe you can find an interesting venue for that to share with us. I found it interesting how they teach their children to play the horse head fiddle and other instruments.
Here is my favorite Huun Huur Tu song. It has an ancient feel and inspires me to hunt a wooly mammoth on the steppes!! Hahaha. Enjoy my friend! ruclips.net/video/srmJA1H4BIo/видео.html
Your use of the word "effigy" is perfectly correct. When you say the man poured "gasoline" on the effigy, you should have said "diesel fuel" or "kerosene". Gasoline would have made such a flash people would have been hurt. The color of his liquid looked like diesel fuel. In USA I think there would be many protests of burning a woman in effigy. We have no sense of humor any longer. Russia has some very fun celebrations. Now that I know what you do for a job, I have to ask if you wrote the scripts for this event? I looked up Maslanitsa and the woman you burn can also be called The Butter Lady. This is very similar to American Mardi Gras, but we celebrate this on the Tuesday before Lent starts. We call the celebration Fat Tuesday because you must eat all your butter and fatty foods so you can make a fast during Lent.
Our traditions are very similar. After Maslenitsa we also begin Lent. And the word "Maslenitsa" is derived from the Russian word "Maslo", which means butter. 😃 Thank you for telling me about the word "effigy." The dictionary says many different variations, but I chose this one and guessed exactly right. 👍
No. I didn't write a script for this holiday, because it's a very small local holiday in the courtyard of an apartment building. But a couple of years ago I wrote a " Maslenitsa" script for a big city celebration on the square in front of the mall.
Yes, I know that the U.S. is very sensitive and picky about things like gender, discrimination, etc. If you want, lawyers can find it even where it does not exist. In Russia, the attitude is much simpler. Our society is more oriented toward traditional values. But we have a very sensitive attitude towards insulting people's religious feelings. You can get a big fine or even go to jail for that. Surprisingly, ""Maslenitsa" does not offend anyone, even though it is considered a pagan holiday. And thank God for that. Everyone understands that it is a good holiday. Russian culture combines Christianity and paganism in an amazing way.
Cool tradition. Thanks for the video.
Hopefully spring will come early for Siberia.
I hope it does. The whole city is snowed in today, but the heavy frost has already stopped.
I love it! Looks like a bunch of fun! I had no idea you have that celebration. Those boys are growing up so fast. They are too cool to dance these days. Hahaha
I want to ask if you’ve ever been to Lake Baikal? I subscribe to a channel ‘Wild Siberia’. He’s an American veteran living near the lake. It looks beautiful, fun, and very cold.
But, I’m curious if you ever vacation there and if you take the boys fishing?
Take care buddy.
I get so little fatigue at work that I can do without vacations. I can take a few days or a week off at any time if I need to. Most of the time I relax with my family in the summer at the dacha (country summer cottage). I grew up in the middle of a big city, so I don't fish at all.. I am more interested in different gadgets, photo and video cameras... I'm such a city person. No one instilled in me a love of fishing, so my sons don't fish either. Although I have a lot of acquaintances and relatives who love fishing, but for some reason I don't find it interesting for me. Gadgets, RUclips, video editing, sitcoms, standup, walking around town, audiobooks, meditation - these are my ways to relax.
By the way, at the end of the summer or in early fall we want to go to St. Petersburg or Moscow - to walk around the city for a few days. Or maybe we'll go to Altai if we want wildlife. We haven't decided exactly yet.
@@sir_russia All would be provide excellent filming opportunities. I’ve heard St. Petersburg has incredible architecture. And the red square is always a hit. Be sure you can travel safely to both of those areas considering our current ‘climate’.
The Altai mountains are very interesting. Outside of the wildlife and scenery in the area, the Tuvan history and culture intrigues me, although I understand the area has a negative stigma.
I’m a big fan of a band called Huun Huur Tu and they hail from that country. If you travel there, I would love to see your exploration of the throat singing culture in the area. Maybe you can find an interesting venue for that to share with us.
I found it interesting how they teach their children to play the horse head fiddle and other instruments.
Here is my favorite Huun Huur Tu song. It has an ancient feel and inspires me to hunt a wooly mammoth on the steppes!! Hahaha. Enjoy my friend!
ruclips.net/video/srmJA1H4BIo/видео.html
@Jamie Cowboy No-Name interesting song 😀
Your use of the word "effigy" is perfectly correct. When you say the man poured "gasoline" on the effigy, you should have said "diesel fuel" or "kerosene". Gasoline would have made such a flash people would have been hurt. The color of his liquid looked like diesel fuel.
In USA I think there would be many protests of burning a woman in effigy. We have no sense of humor any longer. Russia has some very fun celebrations.
Now that I know what you do for a job, I have to ask if you wrote the scripts for this event?
I looked up Maslanitsa and the woman you burn can also be called The Butter Lady. This is very similar to American Mardi Gras, but we celebrate this on the Tuesday before Lent starts. We call the celebration Fat Tuesday because you must eat all your butter and fatty foods so you can make a fast during Lent.
Our traditions are very similar. After Maslenitsa we also begin Lent. And the word "Maslenitsa" is derived from the Russian word "Maslo", which means butter. 😃
Thank you for telling me about the word "effigy." The dictionary says many different variations, but I chose this one and guessed exactly right. 👍
No. I didn't write a script for this holiday, because it's a very small local holiday in the courtyard of an apartment building. But a couple of years ago I wrote a " Maslenitsa" script for a big city celebration on the square in front of the mall.
Yes, I know that the U.S. is very sensitive and picky about things like gender, discrimination, etc. If you want, lawyers can find it even where it does not exist. In Russia, the attitude is much simpler. Our society is more oriented toward traditional values. But we have a very sensitive attitude towards insulting people's religious feelings. You can get a big fine or even go to jail for that. Surprisingly, ""Maslenitsa" does not offend anyone, even though it is considered a pagan holiday. And thank God for that. Everyone understands that it is a good holiday. Russian culture combines Christianity and paganism in an amazing way.