the hat pictured here is called an "ushanka" and is usually worn with the flaps up (to wear it with the flaps down would be considered "unmanly") but jeez it's -40 out 😅
a festival that marks the beginning of the year in the old calendar in belarus which involves music, treats and a bonfire to symbolize the coming warmth
the real ones will give you the good stuff, the fake ones (the ones who rub their hands real hard) will give you the drugs that don't work, so that they make more commission