Sixth day of Maslenitsa. Saturday - sisters-in-law gatherings.Young wife invite sisters of husbund and all relatives and treated them. After this she give them Gifts. It continues festivities , dance and songs.No married cuys built the snowy city and fought for them. Maslenitsa comes for us fromancient Slavs. Farewell to winter among the paganSlavs were accompanied by special rites,wich then become costoms. One of them is burning straw effigies. The main treat is pancaks, symbolizing the sun. Tomorrow will be the last day of Maslenitsa. What we Russians do on this day delight all people of other nationalities.

Fifth day of Maslenitsa. Friday - mother-in-law evenings.Of cours everything that happens during Maslenitsas week is a game. On this day sons-in-law with great respect invite their mothers-in-law to visit. Before he send invitation and on Friday dressed ambassadors come to her and the family and lead to the home of son-in law. The more honor and respekt he would give her , than better will be relationship. The main joke was that the mother-in-law the night befor had to send him somehow all that is necessary to treat. Not only flour , milk,eggs and all other products, but even pans, ladle and tubs in wich to make the dough. All the days of Maslenitsa devoted in some way to creat a good family. The young girls carried their pancakes on the hill and offered them to the guys, and they dicided whether it would be a good hostess.

Fourth day of Maslenitsa. Thusday- Wide . Celebrations were going trength. Young men arrange fist fights .All rode on threes , sang songs and danced. And of course continued eating pancakes. In our time not all the old traditions are observed , but some of them we keep carefully keep. Anyway, you will not find a singl Russian family wouldn"t eat pancakes, even they live far from Russia. This week I have cooked pancakes with butter , sour cream , condensed milk and jam. Now I"ll go agane to cooke , today it will be with meat for lunch and with chees for dinner. Tomorrow you will learn something new, Maslenitsa continues.

The third day of Maslenitsa. Today is Wednesday third day of Maslenitsa named Gourmand. On this day mathers treat there sons-in-law .They are the mane people on this day.Usually the relationship between those relatives are not very good. There are many jokes on this topic. For exampl : What"s a mixed feeling ? This is when you mother-in-law falls into the abyss on you car. May be this is true only for Russians. Of course, in many famillies mothers-in-law and sons-in-law get along very well. In our family my mother was very fond of my husband. But in folklore these relatives usualy fight.On this day mothers-in-law try to please the husbands of their daughters and to please them. Tomorrow will be the culmination of Maslenitsas week. What to do in this day I"ll tell you tomorrow.

The second day of Maslenitsa. Tuesday is the second day of Maslenitsa, it"s name Zaigrysh. Guys invited the girls to ride the hills , visited and watched brides. All hostersess bake pancakes again. They will do it every day , becours pancakes mast be hot. Round and hot damn symbolized the sun. Today is very nice day , sunny and not cold , about - 6 C , not wind and no klouds on the sky. It"s agood time for be on the fresh air. Childrens and adults play snow, make snowmans, sledding, skiing, skating. Tomorrow will be a very interesting day, but it is still a secret .

HELLO MASLENITSA ! Dear friends ! Now I would like to tell you about one of the most funny and specific Russian holidays, wich starts today- Maslenitsa. Throughout this week Russian people bake pancakes, visiteach other and arrang celebrations.Each day has its own name and purpose. Pancakes may be sweet or not . It may be eaten with butter , honey, sour cream, cream jam, caviar anithink you like. In pancaks wrapped meat, fish,mashrooms, cheese and all the toppings. Monday- meeting. did a big straw doll and took her to the biggest hill. soit is not missed where spring will come. First pancake gave to the poore- to commemorate the dead. Tuesday-Zaigryshi.I'll tell about it tomorrow.

HAPPY VALENTINE"S DAY ! My dear freands ! I congratulate you on the Holiday of St. Valentine.I wish you always to be with your loved ones. This Holiday is not tradisional for Russia , in spite of this we like it and with great pleasure give our favorite valentines , flowers and sweets. LOVE AND BE LOVED !

How I spent last wednesday. Every wednesday I go to swimming pool to do water aerobics. As usual I got up at eight o"clock. I prepared breakfast for my younger son and for myself. Our usual breakfast consist of porridge , yogurt and koffee with sandwiches. My oldest son leavesfor work early and make breakfast itself. Then I took a shower. At twelve o"clock I put my tower , soap , washcloth , swimsuit and cap and slippers in my bug and went out of the house. The wether was fine , sun was shining , the snow was sparkled , there was no wind I decided to go to the pool on foot. When I came to the pool my group had already gathered.Our group consists of ten women over forty-five. It was very funny to wach us, we looks like hippos. But we get the pleasure of doing and also have fun. our coach is a young beautiful girl. Her name is Masha. After training I felt a little tired , so I came home on bus. When I returnd home I prepared food. When my sons had came home we all had a dinner together. At the evening I watch TV and corresponded with friends on internet.

Let meintroduce myself. Hello my freands ! If you think that learning languages is only for young , you are mistaken. I"m retired from Russia. Meny years ago I studied English at scool , but I have forgotten a lot. Now I want refresh my knowledge and learn new. Only 2 weeks I use ITAKI , but I'v found already found friends , whom I'm very grateful. I'll be glad to communicate with all who wants to help me and willing to help you practice Russian. In addition I would like to learn Finnish.