"Cheesefare Week"

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10 March 2019

People gathered around 12.5 m tall bonfire on Shrove Sunday, also known as Cheesefare Sunday or Forgiveness Sunday, in the village of Dobric, near Dimitrovgrad, Bulgaria on 10 March 2019. Traditionally on this day Bulgarians burn fires to banish the evil and protect themselves from illness. They sing and dance around the fire rejoicing and welcome the coming spring.Exactly seven weeks prior to Orthodox Easter is the start of the longest period in the year in which Christians abandon eating any food of animal origin - Great Lent. At dinnertime on Shrovetide Sunday eastern orthodox ask forgiveness for their wrongdoings throughout the year. With forgiveness, anybody will begin the big trial of fasting with a clean heart., Dobrich, Dimitrovgrad, Bulgaria on March 10, 2019

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10 March 2019

People gathered around 12.5 m tall bonfire on Shrove Sunday, also known as Cheesefare Sunday or Forgiveness Sunday, in the village of Dobric, near Dimitrovgrad, Bulgaria on 10 March 2019. Traditionally on this day Bulgarians burn fires to banish the evil and protect themselves from illness. They sing and dance around the fire rejoicing and welcome the coming spring.Exactly seven weeks prior to Orthodox Easter is the start of the longest period in the year in which Christians abandon eating any food of animal origin - Great Lent. At dinnertime on Shrovetide Sunday eastern orthodox ask forgiveness for their wrongdoings throughout the year. With forgiveness, anybody will begin the big trial of fasting with a clean heart., Dobrich, Dimitrovgrad, Bulgaria on March 10, 2019

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10 March 2019

People gathered around 12.5 m tall bonfire on Shrove Sunday, also known as Cheesefare Sunday or Forgiveness Sunday, in the village of Dobric, near Dimitrovgrad, Bulgaria on 10 March 2019. Traditionally on this day Bulgarians burn fires to banish the evil and protect themselves from illness. They sing and dance around the fire rejoicing and welcome the coming spring.Exactly seven weeks prior to Orthodox Easter is the start of the longest period in the year in which Christians abandon eating any food of animal origin - Great Lent. At dinnertime on Shrovetide Sunday eastern orthodox ask forgiveness for their wrongdoings throughout the year. With forgiveness, anybody will begin the big trial of fasting with a clean heart., Dobrich, Dimitrovgrad, Bulgaria on March 10, 2019

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10 March 2019

People gathered around 12.5 m tall bonfire on Shrove Sunday, also known as Cheesefare Sunday or Forgiveness Sunday, in the village of Dobric, near Dimitrovgrad, Bulgaria on 10 March 2019. Traditionally on this day Bulgarians burn fires to banish the evil and protect themselves from illness. They sing and dance around the fire rejoicing and welcome the coming spring.Exactly seven weeks prior to Orthodox Easter is the start of the longest period in the year in which Christians abandon eating any food of animal origin - Great Lent. At dinnertime on Shrovetide Sunday eastern orthodox ask forgiveness for their wrongdoings throughout the year. With forgiveness, anybody will begin the big trial of fasting with a clean heart., Dobrich, Dimitrovgrad, Bulgaria on March 10, 2019

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10 March 2019

People gathered around 12.5 m tall bonfire on Shrove Sunday, also known as Cheesefare Sunday or Forgiveness Sunday, in the village of Dobric, near Dimitrovgrad, Bulgaria on 10 March 2019. Traditionally on this day Bulgarians burn fires to banish the evil and protect themselves from illness. They sing and dance around the fire rejoicing and welcome the coming spring.Exactly seven weeks prior to Orthodox Easter is the start of the longest period in the year in which Christians abandon eating any food of animal origin - Great Lent. At dinnertime on Shrovetide Sunday eastern orthodox ask forgiveness for their wrongdoings throughout the year. With forgiveness, anybody will begin the big trial of fasting with a clean heart., Dobrich, Dimitrovgrad, Bulgaria on March 10, 2019

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10 March 2019

People gathered around 12.5 m tall bonfire on Shrove Sunday, also known as Cheesefare Sunday or Forgiveness Sunday, in the village of Dobric, near Dimitrovgrad, Bulgaria on 10 March 2019. Traditionally on this day Bulgarians burn fires to banish the evil and protect themselves from illness. They sing and dance around the fire rejoicing and welcome the coming spring.Exactly seven weeks prior to Orthodox Easter is the start of the longest period in the year in which Christians abandon eating any food of animal origin - Great Lent. At dinnertime on Shrovetide Sunday eastern orthodox ask forgiveness for their wrongdoings throughout the year. With forgiveness, anybody will begin the big trial of fasting with a clean heart., Dobrich, Dimitrovgrad, Bulgaria on March 10, 2019

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10 March 2019

People gathered around 12.5 m tall bonfire on Shrove Sunday, also known as Cheesefare Sunday or Forgiveness Sunday, in the village of Dobric, near Dimitrovgrad, Bulgaria on 10 March 2019. Traditionally on this day Bulgarians burn fires to banish the evil and protect themselves from illness. They sing and dance around the fire rejoicing and welcome the coming spring.Exactly seven weeks prior to Orthodox Easter is the start of the longest period in the year in which Christians abandon eating any food of animal origin - Great Lent. At dinnertime on Shrovetide Sunday eastern orthodox ask forgiveness for their wrongdoings throughout the year. With forgiveness, anybody will begin the big trial of fasting with a clean heart., Dobrich, Dimitrovgrad, Bulgaria on March 10, 2019

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10 March 2019

People gathered around 12.5 m tall bonfire on Shrove Sunday, also known as Cheesefare Sunday or Forgiveness Sunday, in the village of Dobric, near Dimitrovgrad, Bulgaria on 10 March 2019. Traditionally on this day Bulgarians burn fires to banish the evil and protect themselves from illness. They sing and dance around the fire rejoicing and welcome the coming spring.Exactly seven weeks prior to Orthodox Easter is the start of the longest period in the year in which Christians abandon eating any food of animal origin - Great Lent. At dinnertime on Shrovetide Sunday eastern orthodox ask forgiveness for their wrongdoings throughout the year. With forgiveness, anybody will begin the big trial of fasting with a clean heart., Dobrich, Dimitrovgrad, Bulgaria on March 10, 2019

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10 March 2019

People gathered around 12.5 m tall bonfire on Shrove Sunday, also known as Cheesefare Sunday or Forgiveness Sunday, in the village of Dobric, near Dimitrovgrad, Bulgaria on 10 March 2019. Traditionally on this day Bulgarians burn fires to banish the evil and protect themselves from illness. They sing and dance around the fire rejoicing and welcome the coming spring.Exactly seven weeks prior to Orthodox Easter is the start of the longest period in the year in which Christians abandon eating any food of animal origin - Great Lent. At dinnertime on Shrovetide Sunday eastern orthodox ask forgiveness for their wrongdoings throughout the year. With forgiveness, anybody will begin the big trial of fasting with a clean heart., Dobrich, Dimitrovgrad, Bulgaria on March 10, 2019

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10 March 2019

People gathered around 12.5 m tall bonfire on Shrove Sunday, also known as Cheesefare Sunday or Forgiveness Sunday, in the village of Dobric, near Dimitrovgrad, Bulgaria on 10 March 2019. Traditionally on this day Bulgarians burn fires to banish the evil and protect themselves from illness. They sing and dance around the fire rejoicing and welcome the coming spring.Exactly seven weeks prior to Orthodox Easter is the start of the longest period in the year in which Christians abandon eating any food of animal origin - Great Lent. At dinnertime on Shrovetide Sunday eastern orthodox ask forgiveness for their wrongdoings throughout the year. With forgiveness, anybody will begin the big trial of fasting with a clean heart., Dobrich, Dimitrovgrad, Bulgaria on March 10, 2019

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10 March 2019

People gathered around 12.5 m tall bonfire on Shrove Sunday, also known as Cheesefare Sunday or Forgiveness Sunday, in the village of Dobric, near Dimitrovgrad, Bulgaria on 10 March 2019. Traditionally on this day Bulgarians burn fires to banish the evil and protect themselves from illness. They sing and dance around the fire rejoicing and welcome the coming spring.Exactly seven weeks prior to Orthodox Easter is the start of the longest period in the year in which Christians abandon eating any food of animal origin - Great Lent. At dinnertime on Shrovetide Sunday eastern orthodox ask forgiveness for their wrongdoings throughout the year. With forgiveness, anybody will begin the big trial of fasting with a clean heart., Dobrich, Dimitrovgrad, Bulgaria on March 10, 2019

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14 March 2016

Women dressed in national clothes near Ukrainian saloon 'Shynok' in Mamayeva Sloboda, Kyiv, Ukraine on March 13, 2016.

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14 March 2016

Couples dressed in Ukrainian costumes perform traditional dances during Maslenitsa celebration in Mamayeva Sloboda, Kyiv, Ukraine on March 13, 2016.

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14 March 2016

Couples dressed in Ukrainian costumes perform traditional dances during Maslenitsa celebration in Mamayeva Sloboda, Kyiv, Ukraine on March 13, 2016.

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14 March 2016

Couples dressed in Ukrainian costumes perform traditional dances during Maslenitsa celebration in Mamayeva Sloboda, Kyiv, Ukraine on March 13, 2016.

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14 March 2016

Men dressed as cossacks celebrate Maslenitsa in Ukrainian rites in Mamayeva Sloboda, Kyiv, Ukraine on March 13, 2016.

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