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Today is my last rehersal before
Because I'm polish, I do it too. It's already a tradition but with my group I dance it to show it other citizens. I remember how beautiful looked it last year. But this year... I don't dance the whole preformance with my group. I'm sick and I can dance just two parts of it.
Kupala Day (Feast of St. John the Baptist; Russian: Иван-Купала; Belarusian: Купалле; Ukrainian: Іван Купала; Polish: Noc Kupały or Noc Świętojańska) is celebrated in Poland, Russia, Belarus and Ukraine currently on the night of 6/7 July in the Gregorian or New Style calendar, which is 23/24 June in the Julian or Old Style calendar still used by many Orthodox Churches. Calendar-wise, it is opposite to the winter solstice holiday Korochun.source: wikipedia.org
Some early mythology scholars, such as Sir James Frazer, claimed that the holiday was originally Kupala a pagan fertility rite later accepted into the Orthodox Christian calendar. There are analogues for celebrating the legacy of St. John around the time of the summer solstice elsewhere, including St. John's Day in Western Europe.
The Russian name of this holiday combines the words "Ivan", the Russian name of John (the Baptist), and Kupala, a word derived from the Slavic word for bathing. The latter refers to the tradition of John's baptizing people through full immersion in water and therefore with the his title of the Baptist. However, some sources indicate that Kupala was a name of a pre-Christian Slavic god or goddess.
The holiday is still enthusiastically celebrated by Polish and Russian youth. The night preceding the holiday (Tvorila night) is considered the night for mischiefs (which is a great concern for law enforcement agencies). On Ivan Kupala day itself children are engaged in water fights and perform pranks mostly involving pouring water over someone.
Because I'm polish, I do it too. It's already a tradition but with my group I dance it to show it other citizens. I remember how beautiful looked it last year. But this year... I don't dance the whole preformance with my group. I'm sick and I can dance just two parts of it.
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