Midsummer Night (also known as night kupalną, Kupalnocka, Kupala) - Slavic feast associated with the summer solstice the Sun, celebrated during the shortest night of the year, which accounts for about 21 June (not including leap year). Subsequent eve of St. John - commonly called a midsummer night, and having the many borrowings from earlier holidays - is celebrated from 23 to 24 June).In the south, Polish, Carpathian and Silesia celebration of a similar nature is called Sobotka or sobótkami, the Warmia and Mazury palinocką. Midsummer name, Kupalnocka became rooted in the tradition of Mazovia and Podlasie.Feast of fire, water, sun and moon, harvest, fertility, joy and love, widely celebrated in areas inhabited by Slavic peoples, but also of a similar nature in the areas inhabited by the people of the Baltic, Germanic and Celtic, as well as by some of the nations coming from Finno-Ugric peoples, such as the Finns (in Finland is one of the most important holidays in the calendar) and Estonians. In Latvia, called LIGO is a public holiday, and after independence, 23 and June 24 became the day off from work. Also in Lithuania, June 24, from 2005, is a day off from work.
Posted on: Sun, 23 Jun 2013 18:50:27 +0000
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