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    Commons has media related to Festival of Veles. Festival of Veles (Veles' Day) is a holiday in honor of the Slavic god Veles, celebrated by rodnovers in...
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    Not only does this indicate that Veles was connected with commerce, but it also shows that worship of Perun and Veles had to be kept separate: while it...
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  • Slavic Native Faith's calendars and holidays (category Lists of observances)
    etc.). Festival of Veles Slavic Native Faith Slavic calendar Wheel of the Year Heathen holidays "Native faith: The congress of the 'Circle of Pagan Tradition'...
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    of victory came from icons of the Saviour and the Holy Virgin during this battle. The feast of the Honey Saviour is associated with a water festival called...
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    retaliates to this challenge of the divine order by pursuing Veles, attacking with his lightning bolts from the sky. Veles taunts Perun and flees, transforming...
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    participants compete in such disciplines as combat sports and tug-of-war. Festival of Veles Gieysztor 2006, p. 280-281. Matsʹkiv 2017, p. 169. Korepanova...
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    Koliada (category Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity)
    a festival or holiday, celebrated at the end of December to honor the sun during the Northern-hemisphere winter solstice. It also involves groups of singers...
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    a Festival in Lutheranism, and a Principal Feast in the Anglican Communion. In the Eastern Orthodox Church, because it announces the incarnation of Christ...
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    The Feast of the Ascension of Jesus Christ (also called the Solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord, Ascension Day, Ascension Thursday, or sometimes Holy...
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    Dożynki (category Harvest festivals)
    Slavic harvest festival. In pre-Christian times the feast usually fell on the autumn equinox, in modern times it is usually celebrated on one of the Sundays...
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    and much of the older Maslenitsa traditions began to be revived in a modern context. Since 2002, Moscow has staged a yearly Maslenitsa festival next to...
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    beginning with a reading of the Book of Genesis. The last three days of pre-Lent are known as Carnival, Shrovetide, or Fastelavn, a festival ending with Shrove...
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    Radonitsa (category Folk calendar of the East Slavs)
    custom transferred into the Russian Orthodox Church as the festival of Radonitsa, the name of which comes from the Slavic word "radost'", meaning "joy."...
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    Nut Feast of the Saviour because, in most places in central Russia, nuts ripened at the time of the year in late August when this festival is celebrated...
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    Calendar, is the feast day of Saint Nicholas of Myra; it falls within the season of Advent. It is celebrated as a Christian festival with particular regard...
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    Kupala Night (redirect from Eve of Kupala)
    Wreaths were often made of periwinkle, basil, geranium, ferns, roses, blackberries, oak and birch branches, etc. During the festival, the wreath was usually...
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    Apple Feast of the Saviour or Apple Spas (sometimes the Feast of the Saviour on the Hill) is an Eastern Slavic folk name for the Feast of the Transfiguration...
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    Pust, Poklade, Mesopust, Fašnik. They are traditional Slavic festivals related to the period of carnival. Sirni zagovezni (also called Sinitsi and Sirni pokladi)...
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    such idols were dedicated to Rod or Veles (according to local old folklore, stone mushrooms are dedicated to Veles). Due to the fact that these idols had...
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    various food industries. Green Week traditionally takes place at the beginning of the year in the Messe Berlin exhibition halls under the Funkturm and is open...
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    calendar), the Christian feast of the 40 Martyrs of Sebaste, a traditional holiday in Romania and Moldova. In the historical region of Moldavia, Sfințișori were...
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    herbs. The Prayer under Midžor Mt. Peak is a festival which has been organized since 2000 in the village of Vrtovac and includes prayer, national dances...
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    Babinden (category Folk calendar of the East Slavs)
    (Bulgarian: Бабинден, Russian: Бабьи каши, Бабий день the Day of the baba or the Day of the midwife) is a traditional Bulgarian feast, celebrated on 8...
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    the Day of Marzanna and that of Mokosh (November 10). Other festivals include the Days of Veles (multiple, in January and February) and the Day of Perun...
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  • Nemzetközi Animációs Játékfilm Fesztivál díjai (English: "Awards of the 4th International Festival of Animated Feature Films"). Kecskeméti Animáció Film Fesztivál...
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    In 2008, Teona Strugar Mitevska directed I Am from Titov Veles, screened at over 80 festivals around the world and won nearly 20 international awards....
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    name of the underworld, Vyraj, which is presided by the chthonic god Veles. The world of the dead is believed to be separated from the world of the living...
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    "bear ceremony," "bear festival," or "bear dance," reflects a shared connection to the natural world and the significance of bears within these societies...
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  • Based on the reconstructed myths around the figures of Perun and Veles, some scholars believe that both of these gods are chief deities. They are primarily...
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  • The Pomegranate Festival is held in Goychay district in autumn since 2006. During the event different varieties of pomegranates (Veles, Shirin, Gyuleysha...
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