My Mother was Russian -born 1907 -came to the US about 1920 - -Your video shows me what her life was in Russia - -Im glad she had some good times there -along with the hard times - - Thank You Elena for this video.
@elenastravels
Жыл бұрын
I am glad you are learning something about your roots from my videos. Thank you for sharing that.
@jwv6985
3 жыл бұрын
Reminds me of Festivas, for the rest of us!!
@user-vo8vk3gb5i
3 жыл бұрын
I am so proud that such festivals are held in Udmurtia. I feel great to see it. Thank you very much, Elena, for a wonderful video.
@elenastravels
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you for watching! I'm glad you enjoyed it :)
@rafaellopez855
3 жыл бұрын
beautiful party , I like music and also Russian culture
@elenastravels
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed the video :)
@user-gx9kg4ft6t
3 жыл бұрын
Россия, она такая - яркая, колоритная, сильная, мощная, веселая. С блинами!
@elenastravels
3 жыл бұрын
Да, многогранная страна :)
@mitchrodee
3 жыл бұрын
If eating pancakes will please the sun god, I will certainly do my part to make him happy. And I’m adding blueberries to mine because that makes me happy. Happy Spring!
@elenastravels
3 жыл бұрын
Haha yes, together we can make the spring come sooner! Blueberries... mmm yummy!!
@earlbiggers7044
3 жыл бұрын
The Polish community here in Toledo, OH (USA) celebrate with delicious paczki's pror to Lent. Love your videos and your pretty smile. Hope to visit Russia again soon.
@elenastravels
3 жыл бұрын
That's so cool! So many countries have this tradition! Thank you! :)
@chrism4008
3 жыл бұрын
Paczki's are incredible! I used to work for a bakery in michigan that made some pretty good ones
@elenastravels
3 жыл бұрын
@@chrism4008 I've just checked online what paczki's are. So many undiscovered desserts that I need to check out :)
@101pirate2
3 жыл бұрын
Your customs are so kool and fun hope to visit Russia sometime
@elenastravels
3 жыл бұрын
I hope you will!
@liliansouza4092
3 жыл бұрын
Great. I didn't knew about this tradition in Russia. Thank you for showing.
@elenastravels
3 жыл бұрын
I'm glad you found the video interesting :)
@anastasiakozhukhova94
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you for your video, Elena! I’m from Pskov region, and we also have Shrovetide fairs. Their atmosphere is amazing! In my opinion, Shrovetide is more spectacular in Izhevsk than in Pskov 🙂 I adore chastushki! Some of them can be really funny. I used to play balalaika and sing chastushki with my grandmother (she knew a lot of vulgar ones 🙊)
@elenastravels
3 жыл бұрын
I'm glad you liked the fair in Izhevsk! I guess it's different every year :) This time it was really spectacular! I imagine older generations know some amazing chastushlki! Apparently my great-grandmother used to sing them to my mom all the time :D I like them a lot, too!
@sarge4455
3 жыл бұрын
That was awesome and looks like fun
@elenastravels
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you! :)
@dcbrit2003
3 жыл бұрын
So glad I am your first patreon member 😎
@elenastravels
3 жыл бұрын
It's very kind of you! Thank you so much :)
@LouisHansell
3 жыл бұрын
I wish I could give this more than one 'thumbs-up'. Thank you for a fun and fascinating video.
@elenastravels
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much! You're kind :)
@LouisHansell
3 жыл бұрын
@@elenastravels You do a terrific job creating interesting content and presenting it well. Not everyone on KZitem does good work. Keep up your excellent work!
@elenastravels
3 жыл бұрын
@@LouisHansell Thanks a lot! Comments like yours inspire me to keep going and improve my content :)
@Artorius19631
3 жыл бұрын
Those festivities look like so much fun!! Although it is primarily a Christmas food, my mother used to also make Chrusciki this time of year at Easter which I think are kind of like pancakes.
@elenastravels
3 жыл бұрын
They are! Mmm Chrusciki look delicious!
@michaelstrlight445
3 жыл бұрын
Good times!
@stevesmith194327
2 жыл бұрын
Wonderful video!!! I got so hungry for pancakes that you described!! Of course we have Shrove Tuesday, or as we call it, Fat Tuesday, or Mardi-Gras!! The major celebration is in New Orleans, Louisiana, where there are parades, costumes, drunken revelry, dancing and collecting bead necklaces. I love your Udmurt/Russian traditions!!
@elenastravels
2 жыл бұрын
Hey Stephen! Thanks for sharing :) Yes, those pancakes are really delicious! Glad to hear you find the traditions here interesting :)
@Storv
3 жыл бұрын
Those pancakes look delicious 🤤
@elenastravels
3 жыл бұрын
They are!
@iridiumscribe4915
3 жыл бұрын
Another great video Elena. I would like to attend a festival like this. It’s a must if you’re visiting Russia that time of year. So many different activities to try out. I really want to knock down that wall myself before enjoying some Russian pancakes. )
@elenastravels
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you! :) Yes, it's a unique festival indeed! All people who attended it had a lot of fun :) Hope you'll have a chance to participate in it too some day!
@markfinlay422
3 жыл бұрын
A great video Elena! Of course we have pancakes here in England. In my part we also climb the "greasy pole" and have other fun games like you have (look for Egremont crab fair). I must say the singing part reminded me of a Russian rap battle.
@elenastravels
3 жыл бұрын
Wow I'm surprised that other nationalities have fairs like that, too! Will look it up! Thank you :)
@Storv
3 жыл бұрын
Wow, the whole celebration looks like a blast 🎉 where I’m from, we don’t have anything like this. Makes me want to start my own spring celebration. Thanks for sharing Elena!
@elenastravels
3 жыл бұрын
Haha you can organize this celebration in your country! :D
@user-fv4kr9qz5z
3 жыл бұрын
Это было здорово ! продолжай.
@elenastravels
3 жыл бұрын
Спасибо большое :)
@Benkerosadon7890
2 жыл бұрын
Elana, thank you for sharing your rich beautiful Russian culture.
@elenastravels
2 жыл бұрын
Hey Jesse! My pleasure :)
@bongox2777
3 жыл бұрын
You make Russia look so inviting and fun! “Wall of Man”...love it. And corona virus effigies?....love that too!
@elenastravels
3 жыл бұрын
Yeah, we have many fun holidays and events like that :)
@giomar89
3 жыл бұрын
What a wonderful video!
@elenastravels
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you! :)
@jerryczech953
Жыл бұрын
I CANT BELIEVE HOW SIMILAR is Moravian Czech folk music to this festival music ! its very SLAVIC ,,very Byzantine ...very lovely !!! come over to Uherske Hradiste region Elena ....you will be very suprise !!! Jura
@lifeisshort99
3 жыл бұрын
Fun in the winter!
@elenastravels
3 жыл бұрын
Exactly! :)
@crescentprincekronos2518
3 жыл бұрын
Hi Elena, from Houston, TX. This sounds like much fun especially the snow part! We don't really get snow here except for this year we did
@trapdriver7006
3 жыл бұрын
Excellent video I enjoyed watching it 👍😁😁😁😁😁🇬🇧
@elenastravels
3 жыл бұрын
Yaay! Thanks 😀
@rodelle7499
3 жыл бұрын
I want to taste Russian pancake also...🤤
@elenastravels
3 жыл бұрын
You can make them at home! It's pretty easy :)
@Pedro-xh5ze
3 жыл бұрын
Here in Brazil we have perhaps a similar fair, its called frsta junina. We have the climbing part, the dancing, singing and eating. But we celebrate in early winter.
@elenastravels
3 жыл бұрын
Wow that's really cool! I've never heard about fairs like that in Brazil! Will check it out :)
@luigibenni3449
3 жыл бұрын
Very beautiful video! We have different pancakes in Italy, but we don't make a festival. In countryside festivals we have "cuccagna", a pole to climb and other games. I liked the ice wall, that is a lot of fun!
@elenastravels
3 жыл бұрын
I'm surprised that in so many countries people climb poles! haha Yeah, the ice wall is epic!
@jackiecoffi9946
3 жыл бұрын
Great video Elena. Is a fantastic tradition to eat pancakes and to do games that you showed in this video. In Italy we burn on the 6th January a straw witch called in Italian "Befana" that marked the end of Christmas holidays, because in Italy Christmas is on the 25 December.
@elenastravels
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you! :) That's so cool! Seems like in many countries people like burning some effigy at some point in the year :D
@jackiecoffi9946
3 жыл бұрын
@@elenastravels yes, I'm agree with you. It is cool even because is a moment of happiness and carefree and we don't think problems that we have to fight every day.
@elenastravels
3 жыл бұрын
@@jackiecoffi9946 exactly! That's why I love it too! And this celebration helps to bring people together :)
@jackiecoffi9946
3 жыл бұрын
@@elenastravels I'm agree with you. I think that most important things are happiness and to realize your targets and don't try sentiments such as envy or hate against another people; this is only my opinion, that could be discussed and criticised.
@user-po2vs8xy1o
3 жыл бұрын
Замечательно! Лена,продолжай знакомить зрителей других стран с нашим традицаями!
@elenastravels
3 жыл бұрын
Спасибо! Буду :)
@johanvanbeek7138
3 жыл бұрын
Unique content as usual, learning a lot.
@elenastravels
3 жыл бұрын
I'm glad! :)
@bobgoodall1603
2 жыл бұрын
My expertise during this is in eating the pancakes my family make. In our western tradition it was based on trying to keep the livestock alive, (not eaten for food), during the critical difficult part of the year. Hence the feast with the remnants of all fats used up with pancakes...... If everybody does it, - it doesn't seem so difficult. It probably borrowed from pagan celebrations and let the wisdom continue with a redefined purpose. Northern countries found the observance of times (set by southern European countries) ridiculously early and no where near spring so it must have been extremely difficult to adhere to lent and still plough the fields. Your video was very informative and it is a valuable tool in keeping touch with folk history.
@elenastravels
2 жыл бұрын
Interesting, thank you for sharing! Glad you liked the video :)
@daryleatkinson4454
3 жыл бұрын
What a wonderful celebration. It looks like so much fun! Here in Arizona, we need the opposite though. A week of events in the autumn to get rid of the summer heat. 😉
@elenastravels
3 жыл бұрын
Yes, it was a lot of fun! Well, maybe you should create a festival like that! :)
@setharnold9764
3 жыл бұрын
The fair reminds me of childhood, all the things boys do to try to test their strength against each other. It was fun at the time but today I just think I'd get hurt. ) I've been making blins for a while using the recipe from Life Of Boris (stay cheeki breeki) -- it's simple and reliable and good with jam. Cool music, too! Молодец!
@elenastravels
3 жыл бұрын
Exactly! That's just an opportunity to act as a child without people judging you :) Russians in the past used to work the land & take care of cattle - that required a lot of physical strength! So, these activities were not a problem for them :) And now I guess people can play these games to check if they're in a good shape or not lol The blini recipe sounds intriguing! Will check it out! Thanks :)
@dal7007
3 жыл бұрын
Looks like lots of fun.
@elenastravels
3 жыл бұрын
It is!
@chrism4008
3 жыл бұрын
This looks like so much fun!
@elenastravels
3 жыл бұрын
It was!
@chrism4008
3 жыл бұрын
@@elenastravels i wish i had fun cultural stuff to do like that here! Ill just have to come visit i suppose
@elenastravels
3 жыл бұрын
@@chrism4008 come! It will be fun :)
@chrism4008
3 жыл бұрын
@@elenastravels one day i will i hope. I cant get a passport right now, but i think in another couple years i will have paid down the debt and be allowed to get one. But, that gives me time to train and practice for the different games and challenges. I think i can climb that pole already 😁
@elenastravels
3 жыл бұрын
@@chrism4008 good luck with that!
@SunlightProjectOfficial
2 жыл бұрын
awww such a sweet cat
@Andy-P
3 жыл бұрын
I will follow your recipe. Wait I haven't got a candle :-(
@elenastravels
3 жыл бұрын
Ahh... candle is important!
@adambarfi
3 жыл бұрын
Dear Elena let's get out the frying pans and indulge in pancakes. Here in Japan we had Hinamatsuri the girls tradition and coming up Koinobori the boys equivalent.
@elenastravels
3 жыл бұрын
I like this idea! :D I've looked up the Japanese celebrations that you've mentioned - they look cool! Are they also connected to the beginning of spring?
@ThomasBernosky
3 жыл бұрын
Maybe that could be the next big chain restaurant, Russian Pancake House
@elenastravels
3 жыл бұрын
We actually have a chain of pancake fast-food restaurants! Ir's called Теремок :D
@ThomasBernosky
3 жыл бұрын
@@elenastravels now i'm hungry for pancakes, lol
@ehousedubs
3 жыл бұрын
YUMMY!!!
@elenastravels
3 жыл бұрын
Mhm!
@sep27061985
3 жыл бұрын
I made pancakes once with that condensed milk shown at 1:13. I bought it here in germany at a russian supermarket called "Kara Markt" which means Black Market as i have been told. Anyways, thats not normal condensed milk... it consists of 50% sugar or more. The recipe I used was from LifeofBoris. I was stuffed after eating a single one. xD the spock scene... stop beeing so awesome elena. xD there may be some local festivities in germany, where agrarculture ist still a thing. maybe in the wine regions. but in my parts they simply don't exist anymore. not a single mask in sight at your festival. you probably don't have the corona mutations im your region yet... we get more and more infected kids, infected people overall and the percentual death rate rises.
@elenastravels
3 жыл бұрын
Mmm... did you add the condensed milk to the batter? That might be too sweet lol I usually just dip part of my pancake in condensed milk and then eat it - it's super tasty! :) I always though Germany had many festivals where people have competitions and eat/drink a lot! I can picture people drinking beer and playing all kinds of games. Maybe it's just my weird imagination haha As for corona, here in Russia most people are relaxed about it. We don't need to wear masks outside and there's not much panic. Also, they say that the numbers are going down now because of the mass vaccination... All countries approach this issue in so differently!
@progneeber
3 жыл бұрын
I'd love to get involved in all those fights and shoving matches. The music was excellent, especially when all the women were singing in wonderful harmony near the end of the video. I have a music podcast on Spotify Premium "Alan's psychedelic fry up" where I play songs from all over the world and maybe I can find some local russian music to do with Easter or pancake week. I've been enjoying your videos, thank you and keep up the good work..
@elenastravels
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much! Glad you enjoyed it :) I love the music too!
@denzilfernando11
2 жыл бұрын
I enjoyed immensely all the fun the viillages had, we do not have sucj festivals where I live m but there are places in rural ares whre such rustic events takes pace im Kent Denny Fernando
@meganpeterson5021
3 жыл бұрын
fun video!
@elenastravels
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you :)
@Skolmobile5460
3 жыл бұрын
Chastushki- the Russian version of a rap battle XD
@elenastravels
3 жыл бұрын
You still think rap battles were invented in the States? :D
@tomatenmark2679
3 жыл бұрын
1:02 a Russian Tiger 😂
@elenastravels
3 жыл бұрын
She is! My 20 years old tigress :)
@geoeconomics3067
3 жыл бұрын
Horasho
@elenastravels
3 жыл бұрын
Spasibo :)
@denzilfernando11
2 жыл бұрын
Something I missed is you Elena not partcipating ! You too have an ejoyable spring? after the Winter I suppose! Denny UK
@mandrewhannaford1755
3 жыл бұрын
light a candle :) хахаха. Нужно зажечь свечу?
@elenastravels
3 жыл бұрын
Yeah, can't live without candles (:
@auscomvic9900
3 жыл бұрын
No, i,ve never heard of them pushing each other down hill. Pushkin i have heard of.
@elenastravels
3 жыл бұрын
:D
@daniggimenez
3 жыл бұрын
Interesting tradition! :) hahaha coronavirus effigy 😂 Why does the effigy have female clothes? 🤔
@elenastravels
3 жыл бұрын
That's a great question! According to what I found online, in ancient times the effigy represented Morena, a Slavic goddess of winter and night! The burning of the effigy is the burial of the winter and all the bad things that happened during the previous year :)
@daniggimenez
3 жыл бұрын
@@elenastravels Oh, that's interesting! Thanks Elena! You know, Morena is a popular name here in Argentina. When I find such coincidences I think the world is smaller than I tought
@elenastravels
3 жыл бұрын
@@daniggimenez So cool! It's a beautiful name actually :) Yes, our world's a small place for sure!
@user-bx1nj1bu5w
2 жыл бұрын
Мир маленький и нам надо его беречь))) Всем счастью!!! С любовью из России!!!
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