People dressed in costumes seen singing during the Ukrainian traditional holiday celebration at St. Sophia square in Kiev, Ukraine. The Malanka also known as the Old New Year celebration is a Medieval-style carnival devoted to a Christian saint, its date matches with the beginning of the New Year according to the old Julian calendar.

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