Belarus celebrates Kupala Night

7 июля 2016

By Yulia Tokar: Yesterday Belarus celebrated the most vibrant and magical folk holiday – Kupala Night, or Kupalle. Traditionally, young people were jumping over a fire, telling fortunes, doing circle dancing and looking for the fern flower (Paparats-kvetka). People call this day the holiday of fire and water.

The celebrations culminated in a fire show and the lighting of a Kupala fire. 

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