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Krasnoilsk Malanka
Красноїльська Маланка
Krasnoilsk, Ukraine
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Each Old New Year, the Bukovinian village of Krasnoilsk stages the best-known Malanka in Ukraine. Nearly the whole village dresses as bears, kings, devils, and other characters and fills the streets for two days of riotous masquerade, in one of the most spectacular survivals of this old midwinter tradition.
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Krasnoilsk, Bukovina (Chernivtsi), Ukraine
Krasnoilsk, Ukraine
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Krasnoilsk Malanka
Красноїльська Маланка
Krasnoilsk, Ukraine
Each Old New Year, the Bukovinian village of Krasnoilsk stages the best-known Malanka in Ukraine. Nearly the whole village dresses as bears, kings, devils, and other characters and fills the streets for two days of riotous masquerade, in one of the most spectacular survivals of this old midwinter tradition.
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About Krasnoilsk Malanka
Krasnoilsk Malanka is the best-known Malanka celebration in Ukraine, held in the Bukovinian village of Krasnoilsk (Chernivtsi Oblast) on the eve of the Old New Year (January 13–14). Almost the whole village takes part, dressing as traditional characters — bears, kings, devils, and others — and visiting house to house in elaborate costumes and masks.
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Krasnoilsk Malanka is the best-known Malanka celebration in Ukraine, held in the Bukovinian village of Krasnoilsk (Chernivtsi Oblast) on the eve of the Old New Year (January 13–14). Almost the whole village takes part, dressing as traditional characters — bears, kings, devils, and others — and visiting house to house in elaborate costumes and masks.
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Krasnoilsk
Bukovina (Chernivtsi)
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