Photos show masked revelers celebrating Shrovetide in Lithuania

Mindaugas Kulbis

A man wearing traditional carnival masks takes part in Shrovetide celebrations in the village of Rumsiskes, some 89 kilometers (56 miles) north of Vilnius, Lithuania, Saturday, Feb. 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis)

February 15, 2026 - 1:37 AM

RUMSISKES, Lithuania (AP) — People wearing traditional masks and folk costumes gathered in the Lithuanian village of Rumsiskes, north of Vilnius, for the Shrovetide celebrations to mark the annual pre-Lenten festival with music, dancing and the burning of an effigy symbolizing the end of winter.

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