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On October 7, Russia’s Veliky Novgorod celebrated a cabbage festival.
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The fair honouring the rites of cutting and pickling cabbage was hosted by the Museum of Wooden Architecture.
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Located on the banks of Lake Myachino and the Volkhov River, at St. George Monastery there is an open-air museum of wooden architecture "Vitoslavlisty."
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Izbas (village houses), chapels and churches form streets like those in old Russian villages. Restorers managed to preserve the unique works of Novgorodian carpenters.
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Vitoslavlitsy is famed for folk and trade festivals, Christmas fortune-telling and the International Bell Ringing Festival is annually held there.
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Guests could take part in mincing and pickling cabbage as it is the custom in a traditional Russian village and then taste dishes made from pickled cabbage.
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In 19-20th century, Russians would gather to mince cabbage in order to prepare it for pickling.
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According to ethnographers, such cabbage parties were organized in the late September and early October by the families who had daughters in order to find a good match.
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Russian girls would go to cut cabbage in pretty dresses to show off both their grace and industriousness and lads would entertain the girls, while also having a closer look at them in search of a future wife.
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Cabbage mincing would usually end with a feast and games.
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