The Russian Drama Theater has held the Maslenitsa (Shrovetide) festival of Russian culture within the framework of the Rossiya-Matushka (Mother Russia) Russian song festival in Makhachkala. Visitors were welcome to a fair with performers, singers, pancake and sweet treats, Argumenty i Fakty reports.Dilber Gajiyeva, the head of the “Ogonek” Russian singing ensemble from Dagestanskiye Ogni, said that Shrovetide had been celebrated every year since 2004. The Dagestani Ministry of Culture emphasized that restoration and preservation of family and national traditions, Russian culture in the Caucasus and common human values was the main goal of the festival.
The Russian Drama Theater has held the Maslenitsa (Shrovetide) festival of Russian culture within the framework of the Rossiya-Matushka (Mother Russia) Russian song festival in Makhachkala. Visitors were welcome to a fair with performers, singers, pancake and sweet treats, Argumenty i Fakty reports.
Dilber Gajiyeva, the head of the “Ogonek” Russian singing ensemble from Dagestanskiye Ogni, said that Shrovetide had been celebrated every year since 2004. The Dagestani Ministry of Culture emphasized that restoration and preservation of family and national traditions, Russian culture in the Caucasus and common human values was the main goal of the festival.
