Pancake week - a week before Great lent, when, according to the Orthodox rules, can no longer eat meat, but you can do everything else, so all 7 days in a row, women bake pancakes served with sour cream and Medani holiday to see off the winter and welcome spring, in the sense of the corresponding European carnival. All week hosts festivals, concerts, and ends with the feast of burning effigies of carnival and forgiveness Sunday.