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    Kupala Night (also Kupala's Night or just Kupala; Polish: Noc Kupały, Belarusian: Kupalle, Russian: Ivan Kupala, Kupala, Ukrainian: Ivan Kupalo) is one...
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    Kupala or Kupalo is an alleged Slavic deity who was first mentioned in the 17th century and compared to the Greek goddess Ceres. However, modern scholars...
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    накануне Ивана Купала; translit. Večer nakanune Ivana Kupala), also known as "The Eve of Ivan Kupala", is the second short story in the collection Evenings...
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    Midsummer (redirect from Midsummer's Night)
    Nights on the Eve of Ivan Kupala inspired Modest Mussorgsky to create his Night on Bald Mountain. A prominent Ivan Kupala night scene is featured in Andrei...
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    festival is known as 'noc świętojańska' (Christian) or 'Noc Kupały' (Kupala Night) and 'sobótka' (pagan). Traditional folk rituals include groups of young...
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    (Latvia) Joninės (Lithuania) Jónsmessa (Iceland) Golowan (Cornwall) Kupala Night (Slavic peoples) Yhyakh (Yakuts) Tiregān (Iran) Xiazhi (China) Shën Gjini–Shën...
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    most important by many Rodnovers is that of the summer solstice, the Kupala Night (June 23–24), although also important are the winter solstice festival...
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  • Independence Day/Republic Day, (Malawi) Jan Hus Day (Czech Republic) Kupala Night (Poland, Russia, Belarus and Ukraine) Statehood Day (Lithuania) Teachers'...
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  • Kupala is a deity created by medieval chroniclers based on the name of the Kupala Night holiday. Kupala or Kupała may also refer to: Kupała (film), a...
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    in daily life as part of a wider cultural revival. On the day of Ivana Kupala, young women placed their wreaths in the water with a lighted candle, foretelling...
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    history in Ukrainian culture, and so do traditional holidays like Ivan Kupala Night, Masliana (Masnytsia), Koliaduvannia, and Malanka, where people gather...
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  • “musical business card of Belarus”. The song's lyrical heroine, the Kupala Night Maiden is “weeding a rose, piercing her white hands” and “plucking flowers...
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    Kupala Night". The Atlantic. Retrieved 10 January 2022. In parts of Ukraine, Belarus, Poland, and Russia, an ancient pagan summer rite called Kupala combined...
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    traditional Russian culture) Kupala (folklore character of the Eastern Slavs, the personification of the holiday of Kupala Night) Marzanna (the female mythological...
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    portal March equinox September equinox December solstice Inti Raymi Kupala Night Midnight sun Midsummer We Tripantu World Humanist Day Astronomical Applications...
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    similar Romanian/Moldovan tradition Korochun Crăciun (disambiguation) Twelfth Night (holiday) Yule Christmas carol List of Christmas carols Ķekatas Koliadka...
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  • June – Olympic Day and Day of the Ukrainian Civil Service 24 June – Kupala Night and the Nativity of John the Baptist 29 June – Feast of Saints Peter...
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    Nicholas Ascension of Jesus Christ Green Week Trinity Saturday Trinity Day Kupala Night Feast of Saint Peter Feast of the Prophet Elijah Honey Feast of the Saviour...
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  • Father's Day on 23 June Kupala Night (Noc Kupały) on the night from 21 to 22 June Saint John's Eve "Noc Świętojańska" on the night from 23 to 24 June Dog's...
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    Nicholas Ascension of Jesus Christ Green Week Trinity Saturday Trinity Day Kupala Night Feast of Saint Peter Feast of the Prophet Elijah Honey Feast of the Saviour...
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    will greet each other, saying, "Nata e Shen'Kollit ju nihmoftë!" ("May the Night of Saint Nicholas help you!") and other such blessings. The bones of Albania's...
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    ua/ua/news/society/2023-06-08/novyiy-kalendar-ptsu-kogda-v-2023-godu-budem-otmechat-ivana-kupala-i-drugie-letnie-prazdniki/298591. Новий календар ПЦУ: коли в 2023 році відзначатимем...
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    Slavic folklore, ferns are believed to bloom once a year, during the Ivan Kupala night. Although alleged to be exceedingly difficult to find, anyone who sees...
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    the Orthodox liturgical year. The feast is always observed with an All-night vigil. The day before is the Apodosis (leave-taking) of Easter (i.e., the...
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    Vedic fire sacrifice ritual. Dhuni Holocaust (sacrifice) Kupala Night Lag BaOmer Walpurgis Night Yajna Richard Payne (2015). Michael Witzel (ed.). Homa...
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    fireworks in Akre. Fāl-gūsh Yaldā Night Kupala Night Trndez Jaanipäev Atar Holika Dahan Easter fire Bonfire Night How To Pronounce Chaharshanbe Suri...
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    Mythology and folklore Folklore Cuisine Festivals Christmas Koliada Kupala Night Malanka Masliana Religion Religion Protestant Reformation New Apostolic...
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    Patriarchate. 1987. p. 25. Bunin, Ivan Alekseevich; Bunin, Ivan (2006-08-17). Night of Denial: Stories and Novellas. Northwestern University Press. p. 571....
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    are associated with autumn, evening, sunset and air. On the feast of Kupala Night, women decorate birch trees with ribbons and wreaths of flowers. These...
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    numerous Slavic pagan fire rituals is the jumping over the bonfire on the Kupala Night. In the narratives of the Hebrew Bible, Yahweh is associated with fire...
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