Performers dressed as newlyweds take 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)
Performers dressed as newlyweds take 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)
A reveller 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)
Spectators watch as Lady Shrovetide is burn during Shrovetide celebrations in the village of Rumsiskes, some 89 kilometers (56 miles) north of Vilnius, Lithuania, Saturday, Feb. 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis)
Revelers wearing traditional carnival masks dance during Shrovetide celebrations in the village of Rumsiskes, some 89 kilometers (56 miles) north of Vilnius, Lithuania, Saturday, Feb. 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis)
A woman wearing a traditional carnival mask 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)
A woman 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)
Revellers wearing traditional carnival masks take 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)
Revellers wearing traditional carnival masks take 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)
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10:34 AM on Sunday, February 15
By MINDAUGAS KULBIS
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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