Top 5 places in Kiev where you can go with your child to Maslenitsa and have fun
Butter week is in full swing. If on weekdays Maslenitsa red with pancakes, then on weekends - noisy and cheerful festive festivities. This year Kiev will celebrate the brightest folk holiday at the turn of winter and summer at five main locations. Where you can eat pancakes and dumplings, where to try on the armor of historical heroes and watch an equestrian show, and where to burn an effigy of Maslenitsa - the choice is yours. The editors of the site found out where to go with the child for Maslenitsa in Kiev.
Ethnographic complex "Ukrainian village"
The Ukrainian village will meet the Kolodia holiday with rituals and folk songs (photo source - the site of the ento-complex)
When: March 13 and 14, 11.00-19.00
Price: the entrance is free
The festival of Kolodia, or Maslenitsa, is traditionally held in the ethno-complex "Ukrainian Village" every year. This year the program promises a lot of interesting things for the people of Kiev. There will be folk games, songs and dances in the open air, the traditional "swaddling the shoe", tying the shoe for the unmarried guests of the complex, and, of course, the festive burning of the effigy of winter. They will cook for you in the open air
pancakes, dumplings, Cossack kulesh and hot drinks.Throughout the weekend, from 11 am to 7 pm, you can take part in master classes on folk crafts (pottery, clay modeling, painting toys, and much more). Children will be interested in visiting the petting zoo. And from 14.00 to 15.30 on Saturday and Sunday on the territory of the complex, the ensemble "Balamuty" will perform with a folklore program
VDNKh
Maslenitsa at VDNKh will be accompanied by contemporary Ukrainian artists (photo source - expocentre's website)
When: March 13 and 14, 16.00
Price: the entrance is free
VDNKh will welcome the arrival of spring both traditionally and in a modern way. Especially for the holiday, the expo center was decorated with decorations made of hay and bright ribbons, and a five-meter scarecrow of winter was installed on the central square. Themed photo zones were equipped on the territory of the complex, so that bright and colorful photos are provided to visitors. The program of the celebration includes pancakes, costumed animators, stilt walkers and many contests (tug-of-war, sacking, extreme trail). Young people will appreciate the music program: the guests of the complex will walk around the expo center to the songs of famous Ukrainian artists (DANTESа, Anna Trincher, Olga Tsibulskaya, TARABAROVA, Mila Nitich, Artur Bosso, the group "Clay Gloomy" and SELFY, Oleg Chiger and others). A live performance of the ethno-rock group Drymba Da Dzyga will be a bright end to the festivities.
National Museum of Culture and Life "Pirogovo"
Traditional pancakes and Pancake week fun are waiting for you in Pirogovo (photo source - the museum's Facebook page)
When: March 13 and 14, 13.00-15.00
Price: 80 hryvny entrance
One of the most popular open-air museums in Kiev on Maslenitsa invites guests to plunge into the customs of their ancestors. Visitors to the museum will be able to look at the ancient rite of Kolodia recreated to the smallest detail (at the exposition of the Middle Dnieper region). The program includes performances of folklore ensembles with traditional ritual and folk songs. From delicious pancakes, dumplings and uzvar are promised. From the fun - dances, games and folk amusements. The culmination of the holiday will be the burning of a straw effigy. In Pirogovo, this is a stuffed animal of the "Coarse grandfather" who embodies the evil forces of winter.
Cossack village "Mamaeva Sloboda"
Mamaeva Sloboda treats everyone with dumplings on Maslenitsa (photo source - Sloboda's website)
When: March 13 and 14, 13.00-17.00
Price: 150 UAH entrance
"Mamayeva Sloboda" on Maslenitsa promises to reveal the original Ukrainian traditions holiday. It's not just pancakes and scarecrow burning. You will find out why the oil week in Ukraine was considered women's. You will taste a real traditional dish on Kolodia - dumplings with cottage cheese. Visit the Folk Crafts Fair. And, of course, you will take part in festivities with trinity musicians, cossacks on horses and cheerful mummers. No one will be hungry: in Mamayeva Sloboda there will be a lot of dumplings with cottage cheese, cheesecakes, cakes with fillings, baked apples, pies and various intoxicated liqueurs.
"Park Kievan Rus"
The largest effigy of Maslenitsa in Ukraine will be burned in the Kievan Rus Park (photo source - the Park's website)
When: March 13 and 14, 10.00-19.00
Price: 250 UAH entrance
And "Park Kievan Rus" celebration of Maslenitsa promises to be large-scale. The program includes horseback riding, sleigh rides or carriages, horse stunt performances, many games, round dances and competitions. Guests will enjoy the "Pancake Day", a treat from the prince, shooting from the trebuchet with fiery cannonballs. The scarecrow will be burned twice - at 15.30 and 18.30, with one of them being the largest in Ukraine.
Those who have little experience can additionally fly over the lake on a cable car descent, go down to speed slide "Serpent Gorynych", shoot a bow, try on ancient armor and mint a coin on happiness.
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