At the beginning of March it's time to say goodbye to the winter cold. In Slavic culture there was a tradition of burning Morena or Mara - the deity of winter and death. When people, with the heat of their hearts and flames, drove away the cold, night, and death of nature and welcomed spring. In modern tradition, this custom has been reborn into the holiday of Maslenitsa, which precedes Orthodox Lent and Easter. But let's throw away conventions and remember the origins of history?