Russian New Year's Party

As we've said, we do things to keep busy in the winter nights. And it is good to have two versions of the Holidays by re-celebrating with the Native & Russian festivities. This past weekend they celebrated New Year's with a masquerade ball at the Sun'aq Tribal Center.

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And here are some pics we just dug out from last year's celebration of the Orthodox Russian New Year...at the Roman Catholic Church.

First, a welcome into the party from the cold and snow:


With a series of songs by each table:


Then the large group singing to all:


Being "Russian", the men break out into a dance:


The public joins in:


Till everyone participates in a good time:


So, we say: Happy New Year once again.

We're sorry to see that the lights and decorations will finally be coming down.

But, don't worry, Valentine's Parties are just around the corner.