The shortest night of the year.

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Contemporary Russian neo-paganists reconstruct their long-lost religion – but to what extent is it genuine?

Foreign guests from Serbia, Czech Republic, Poland, Lithuania and other countries visited Rudabelka (Homiel region) to take part in the celebration of Kupala Night, a Midsummer feast in the Belarusian style. Over 800 participants showed up at the event held as part of the Belarusian folklore

Kupala Night is a Slavic celebration of ancient pagan origen marking the end of the summer solstice and the beginning of the harvest (midsummer). In the western Ukrainian Lemko region and Prešov regio

Na Ivana, na Kupala, Ukraine, from Iryna with love

We all have heard of the ancient summer solstice observances held at holy places like Stonehenge and Chichen Itza, and we have read or watched a performance of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dre…