Pancake day carnival

Every year on the end of the Pancake week (the week before Lent. Russian orthodox analog of Shrovetide and Mardi gras, Shrove Tuesday) the group of enthusiasts arrange unofficial Pancake day carnival in a Moscow forest. People have the greatest fun, play Russian traditional games: Pole climbing. (There should be valuable prizes on the top, but it was unofficial and enthusiastic celebration). A kind of toss up game. The "bridge" - walking on other's backs. Free-style wrestling. The lite version of Russian traditional "wall to wall" fight. A long time ago it was a real fight, now they don't use fists, just clash. Dance in a ring. But the main action is the snow fortress taking. One group defend and another attack the fortress made of snow using only snowballs and their strength.