MASLENITSA: Russian/East-European
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“Maslenitsa” 2013

Russian/Eastern European “Pancake Festival” Returns to Huntsville!

HUNTSVILLE, ALA: It’s not often that those in North Alabama/Southern Middle Tennessee region have a taste of Eastern European culture, but at least one day a year, they can visit the UAHuntsville campus to immerse themselves in an Eastern Orthodox Lenten celebration, sample traditional foods, enjoy authentic regional folksongs and folkdances, and experience firsthand the culture of the Russians, Ukrainians, Moldovans, Kazaks, and more. It’s a great way to savor the richness and diversity of our Eastern European heritage.

In 2012, the International Society of Huntsville (ISH), the UAHuntsville Library, and community representatives from Russia, Moldova, and Ukraine launched their first-ever salute to the Eastern Orthodox celebration known as MASLENITSA by sponsoring a brunch―in 2013, it returns, but in a greatly expanded form:

MASLENITSA―A Russian/Eastern European “Pancake Festival” will run from 9:00 a.m. till 5:00 p.m. on Saturday, 16 March in the Charger Brew Café/First Floor area of the M. Louis Salmon Library. The library’s parking lot is located at 4600 Holmes Avenue, NW (between Jordan Lane and Sparkman Drive, west of Ben Graves Drive) on the UAHuntsville campus. Admission is charged for general public. No admission for UAHuntsville students (with Charger ID) and for children under twelve. Please note there is a small charge for the MASLENITSA meal itself