Choose the correct answer. When do Russian people burn a straw dummy? A Maslenitsa scarecrow is a symbol of the holiday. Children and grown-ups make it of straw and old women's clothes. They fix a straw scarecrow on a pole and dance around it. On Sunday children and grown-ups burn the straw scarecrow. During this holiday people take part in many funny activities. They visit each other, play snowballs, make bonfires, enjoy horse-sledging, and jump over the fire.