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Snow Fortress 4
Taking a snow town was a latter-day Maslenitsa game, started by the military around 18th century. In preparation a snow fortress was built, with a wooden gate tall enough for a horseman to go through. In the game, attackers' goal was to get inside, whether by cavalry breaching the gate, or foot soldiers scaling the walls. The defenders used rifles to scare horses of and used sticks, brooms and piles of snow to push opponents off walls. After the snow town was taken and the game was finished, the both sides destroyed the fortress together.
This is an adapted version, where the fortress was constructed out of snow-filled cardboard boxes. Boys were trying to climb to the top of the hill, while girls pushed them off with bath brooms.
This photo was taken 26.02.2017 at Maslenitsa celebration in Yusupov gardens, Saint-Petersburg.
Snow Fortress 4
Taking a snow town was a latter-day Maslenitsa game, started by the military around 18th century. In preparation a snow fortress was built, with a wooden gate tall enough for a horseman to go through. In the game, attackers' goal was to get inside, whether by cavalry breaching the gate, or foot soldiers scaling the walls. The defenders used rifles to scare horses of and used sticks, brooms and piles of snow to push opponents off walls. After the snow town was taken and the game was finished, the both sides destroyed the fortress together.
This is an adapted version, where the fortress was constructed out of snow-filled cardboard boxes. Boys were trying to climb to the top of the hill, while girls pushed them off with bath brooms.
This photo was taken 26.02.2017 at Maslenitsa celebration in Yusupov gardens, Saint-Petersburg.