Greetings ⋆˖⁺‧₊☽◯☾₊‧⁺˖⋆
I'm Anastasia, and today we celebrate the Summer Solstice! (or Midsummer))
The slavic summer solstice, ”Kupala” (cyr: Купала), is an ancient pagan summer festival, that was christianized and is celebrated today as the holiday "Ivana Kupala", in Ukraine and other slavic countries.
Kupala is derived from the Slavic word for bathing.

Much like other pagan cultures, the Slavs celebrated the agricultural transitions of the year: Kolyada At the Winter Solstice, Komoeditsa at the Spring Equinox, Kupala at the Summer Solstice and had Harvest festivals at Autumn equinox.

❅Disclaimer❅- There is very little original written resources about the Slavic pantheon since the Slavs did not document themselves. The main resources are external documentations, which were not prejudice free. Due to late Christinization, a lot of pagan traditions are still present in Christian or folklorist disguise, such as in many other cultures. This specific holiday is highly popular so most information is common folklore.

The technique I used is soft pastels and acrylic paint on raw canvas.

If you want to see some more pagan inspired art, you are welcome to check my Instagram page (which has such paintings from all the way up to 2018).

IG: anastasia.kostyu
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TT: anastasia.kostyu


Watch the episode about the Slavic Winter Solstice "Kolyada" here:
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Watch the episode about the Slavic Spring Equinox "Komoeditsa" here:
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❅MUSIC❅
Freedom - by SoulProdMusic.
Music Link httpsbit.ly3CkncRh

Perun Perunie Vox by Izabela Szturemska
Music by OB-LIX from Pixabay

❅Chapters:❅
0:00 - Intro
0:35 - The Slavic Midsummer
1:00 - The Fern Flower
1:25 - Traditions
2:52 - Modern Ivana Kupala
3:02 - Outro

❅Resources❅

Ф.С. Капица - Славянские традиционные верования, праздники и ритуалы
(F.C. Kapitsa - Slavic Traditional beliefs, festivals and rituals) (2011)

Борис Александрович Рыбаков - Язычество древних славян
(Boris Alexandrovich Rybakov - Paganism of the ancient Slavs) (1981)

Juan Antonio Alvarez- Pedrosa and Enrique Santos Marinas - Rituals in Slavic pre-Christian religion festivals, banqueting, and divination (2023)

And my Mama, Babushka and stories I grew up on:)


Thank you for watching this video ♡
Midsummer's blessings to all!

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