#kupala night

[jareckiworld]

Oleg Mikhailovich Gurenkov — Ivan Kupala Night (oil, canvas, 2022)

[emenayuqa]

Painted last summer

[bramblrose]

slavic mythology: kupala (kupalo, ivan's day)

"Ivan Kupala (Ivan's Day, Ivanshchyna, Ivan Kupala, Kupala) is a folk holiday of the Eastern Slavs, celebrated on June 24 (July 7), dedicated, according to researchers, to the summer solstice and the highest flowering of nature. In time and name it coincides with the Christian holiday of the Nativity of John the Baptist, from which it takes its name: since John's name is the Baptist, it literally translates from Greek as a swimmer, a submerger in water.

The night before the holiday surpasses Ivan Kupala Day itself in its ritual content."

[polish-art-tournament]

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[knuttydraws]

Day 10 of @14daysdalovers 2023 - Captured Valentines are cool and all but have you ever heard about Noc Świętojańska/Noc Kupały 🧐? Especially about the wreath catching tradition? And other Slavic love rituals? You can read about it here. Please remember that Farie Lavellan is not an Inquisitor.

[aruanizine]

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[funeral]

Celebration of Kupala Night in Skoczów, Poland, 1970s

[hypo-critic-al]

happy kupala night/svätojánske noci/summer solstice to those who observe or celebrate <3

[madeleineengland]

✨KUPAŁA NIGHT

Kupała Night is a Slavic holiday associated with the summer solstice of the Sun, celebrated during the shortest night of the year, which falls around June 21-22 .

In Anglo-Saxon countries it is known as Midsummer.

Kupalnocka is devoted primarily to the elements of water and fire, which have a cleansing power. It is also a celebration of love, fertility, sun and moon.

The Slavic customs and rituals associated with the Kupała Night were to ensure health and harvest for the saints. Bonfires were lit in which herbs were burned. Various fortune-telling and dances took place during joyful games.

Girls put wreaths with lighted candles into the currents of the rivers. If the wreath was fished out by a bachelor, it meant that she would get married quickly. If he was swimming, the girl wasn't going to get married soon. If, however, it got on fire, drowned or entangled in the rushes, it was foretold of this old age. They are probably the remains of the old spring magic rituals ending the enchantment of the "good beginning", referring to the soulful rituals and the coming harvest.

In some regions it was believed that you could not bathe in rivers, streams or lakes during the day until Kupala Day, while bathing after dusk or before sunrise cured various ailments, as water was then a healing element belonging to the moon.

The Kupala Night celebrations began with the ritual making of fire from ash and birch wood (some sources mention only oak wood). Jumping over the fire and dancing around was supposed to cleanse, protect against evil powers and disease. According to beliefs, aquarians, waterlines and drowners, as well as most other water demons, liked to lurk for summer-thirsty people who unreasonably take a bath before Kupała night. Only after this holiday, swimming in water became relatively safe.

Photos from Roskosh Model

[nickysfacts]

The vinok is such a beautiful and colorful wreath, making anyone who wears one look just like a princess!👑

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[toastedbuckwheat]

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[kelheor-art]

Black Eyes

Beleard art for Kupala Night 2023

[enchantedliving]

Kupala Night: A Vibrant Slavic Holiday and Its Magical Rituals

BY LENA LENARD

upala Night begins with lighting the “holy fires” in forest clearings as well as on the banks of rivers and lakes. Participants strike fire from ash, birch, or oakwood. In sacred places, they drive birch pegs into the ground and place ash hubs on them—that is, wheels with spokes wrapped in tarred straw. They spin the wheels so fast that the friction causes them to burn. They roll the burning wheels to nearby piles of wood and straw—symbols of home and hearth—and flames burst into the sky, sparking and roaring, symbolizing a new, clean home and hearth. At the same time, there’s singing and dancing. Women collect magical herbs and flowers. They weave wreaths and gird themselves with wormwood.

It’s a night of celebration and erotic awakening, with all-night revelries among the smoke of bonfires and the intoxicating smells of a summer night outdoors. In the past, marriages were arranged by the head or the elders of the family and matchmakers… but for the young women who had not yet been engaged and wanted to avoid the usual form of mating, here, among the flame and flowers, was a chance to win a loved one. A boy might even “kidnap” a dancing girl from around the fire and try to woo her.

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[gayspacezombie]

Mythology aesthetic: Rusałka

It was believed that girls who drown themselves because of unhappy love become rusalki. According to some beliefs, a man could also become a rusalka: for example, in the Sosnytsia Raion of the Chernihiv Oblast is believed that people of any sex can be converted into these spirits if they died on Trinity week. Apparently, they retain their gender and become rusalki.

[myownparadise96]

Happy Kupala night to all my slavic friends!

This one-day customary event is linked with the summer solstice celebrations. It’s the festival of fire and water, sun and moon, abundance and fertility, happiness and joy.

Kupala Night is a pagan holiday celebrated in the Christian region. In the past it was a pagan rite which was later accepted into the Orthodox Christian calendar. Kupala derives its name from the Slavic word which means bathing. The celebrations are held on the banks of rivers, always near water. They start in the evening and end late at night. The holiday is dedicated to water which was believed to purify soul and body and render beauty, love, youth, health and luck.

[kissofmidas]

Milada and Florian's cute time ♥