Which spring folk ritual, still practised in some villages, involves the decoration of a birch tree with ribbons and garlands, accompanied by singing and circle dances?

• A Semik ✓
• B Radonitsa
• C Zazhinki
• D Svyatki

Semik (Семик), celebrated on the seventh Thursday after Easter, honours the birch as a sacred tree and includes the 'kumlenie' rite in which girls exchange garlands as a pledge of friendship.