Jumping over burning straw effigy

Jumping over burning straw effigy

VLADIVOSTOK, Russia - A Russian woman and a male Chinese student jump over a burning straw effigy in an event to bid farewell to winter at a university in Vladivostok in the Russian Far East on Feb. 24, 2012. The event is part of a Russian religious week called Maslenitsa. (Kyodo)

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