Picture, What these Belarusian girls are doing near Muscovite imperial embassy ?

[Fledermaus]

Litwin assumes that Amerikanski are all familiar with Russian slang.
Maskal, or "moskal" is something of a mild ethnic slur (as always - context and speaker dependent) that loosely means "ethnic Russian nationals" but more accurately "residents of the Grand Duchy of Moscow from the 12th-18th centuries", and therefore in some cases one might reasonably assume that the speaker may be Ukrainian, or some other non-native Russian, although to be honest, I cannot say if I ever heard a Chechnyan use the word, or a Lithuanian say it.
I can't even say with 100% confidence if it is even a Ukrainian word for sure.

The first time I saw Litwin use it I was confused because I've seen "moskal", not "maskal", so I had to ask him to explain.
Quite literally it means "muscovite", a reference TO "MOSCOW".

I am only a durak amerikanski (дурак американский) but I did work for the local Los Angeles Russian language TV show here in West Hollywood for six years. That doesn't necessarily mean that I am an expert in the slang of that region, although I did pick up a lot of the Russian
"mat", but it was all a lifetime ago, in the 1980's.

Oh, I looked up the term a while ago.

It is considered a pejorative.

Litwin tends to use obsolete and inaccurate terms. And he seems to believe Russia isn't Russian and that the real Russians were wiped out by the Mongols who he mistakenly calls the "ulus of Jochi/Juchi"...

 

[Rogue Valley]

Picture, What these Belarusian girls are doing near Muscovite imperial embassy ? LOOK like some kind of ritual, any ideas ?

Women in Belarus sometimes present a pumpkin to a man that is too full of himself.

 

[Checkerboard Strangler]

Oh, I looked up the term a while ago.

It is considered a pejorative.

Litwin tends to use obsolete and inaccurate terms. And he seems to believe Russia isn't Russian and that the real Russians were wiped out by the Mongols who he mistakenly calls the "ulus of Jochi/Juchi"...

He's quite the character, isn't he...

 

[PoS]

why is near maskal embassy ?

Because the Baltics will soon be part of Russia again, thats why.

 

[truthatallcost]

Picture, What these Belarusian girls are doing near Muscovite imperial embassy ? LOOK like some kind of ritual, any ideas ?

It's probably some harmless folk tradition, judging by the clothing worn here.

 

[Litwin]

Women in Belarus sometimes present a pumpkin to a man that is too full of himself.

very , very close ...

 

[Litwin]

@Because the Baltics will soon be part

no, Baltics are part of NATO^EU so no chance for bamboo - putlerstan here

 

[ThirdTerm]

Belarusians "Rolled Out Pumpkin" To Russian Embassy

According to the old Belarusian tradition.

The performance was conducted by the activists of the Fresh Wind campaign on the eve of signing the documents on deepening integration with Russia.

- It's an old Belarusian, as well as Ukrainian and Slavic tradition: if the groom is unloved, the girl rolls out a pumpkin to him. As a sign that she does not agree to marry him. In our case, this means: let's be friends, but we'll live in different houses, both of us in his own," - activist Siarhei Bulba explained in an interview to Radio Svaboda.


The activists also wanted to pass a warning to the Russian Ambassador Dmitry Mezentsev that they would protect the independence of Belarus "by all available measures within the framework of the Belarusian law," but the document was not accepted.

Video Fact: Belarusians "Rolled Out Pumpkin" To Russian Embassy - Charter'97 :: News from Belarus - Belarusian News - Republic of Belarus - Minsk

 

[Chagos]

Belarusians "Rolled Out Pumpkin" To Russian Embassy

According to the old Belarusian tradition.

The performance was conducted by the activists of the Fresh Wind campaign on the eve of signing the documents on deepening integration with Russia.

- It's an old Belarusian, as well as Ukrainian and Slavic tradition: if the groom is unloved, the girl rolls out a pumpkin to him. As a sign that she does not agree to marry him. In our case, this means: let's be friends, but we'll live in different houses, both of us in his own," - activist Siarhei Bulba explained in an interview to Radio Svaboda.


The activists also wanted to pass a warning to the Russian Ambassador Dmitry Mezentsev that they would protect the independence of Belarus "by all available measures within the framework of the Belarusian law," but the document was not accepted.

Video Fact: Belarusians "Rolled Out Pumpkin" To Russian Embassy - Charter'97 :: News from Belarus - Belarusian News - Republic of Belarus - Minsk

that's already been explained in post #24 (and#27) over 20 hours ago.

DO TRY to keep up.

 

[ThirdTerm]

This news story seems to be the original source, based on photo credits. I thought it was a belated Halloween celebration in Russia.

Women in national garb roll out a pumpkin in front of the Russian Embassy in Minsk on December 5 in a protest over possible deepening integration. In local custom, when a woman presents a man with a pumpkin, she's telling him he's undesirable.

Belarus is already a member of the Eurasian Economic Union and the Collective Security Treaty Organization, regional groupings that observers say Moscow uses to bolster its influence in the former Soviet Union and to counter the European Union and NATO.

Wariness about Moscow's intentions toward its neighbors has risen in the wake of Russia's 2014 annexation of Ukraine's Crimean Peninsula and its military, political, and economic support for militants in parts of eastern Ukraine, leading to an armed conflict in which more than 13,000 people have been killed.

"The work on the program of deeper integration in the union state, the package of road maps, and the agreements pertaining to issues sensitive for both countries is at the final stage," Lukashenka said.

"The goal is to preserve our national values, which formed the basis of the political course of the country: people, fair treatment, and the sovereignty of Belarus," the 65-year-old added.

Belarus' Lukashenka Touts Equal Partnership With Russia Ahead Of Meeting With Putin

 

[Rumpelstil]

Picture, What these Belarusian girls are doing near Muscovite imperial embassy ? LOOK like some kind of ritual, any ideas ?

Sorry, but I can't see any picture.
Could you tell us what is in it?

 

[Rumpelstil]

This news story seems to be the original source, based on photo credits. I thought it was a belated Halloween celebration in Russia.

Women in national garb roll out a pumpkin in front of the Russian Embassy in Minsk on December 5 in a protest over possible deepening integration. In local custom, when a woman presents a man with a pumpkin, she's telling him he's undesirable.

Ah, now I can see a picture! :2wave:

 

[Rich2018]

Some kind of local folk dance ?

 

[Litwin]

Some kind of local folk dance ?

when a Belarusian girl presents a guy (in this case Muscovite empire) with a pumpkin, she's telling him he's undesirable.