Participants wearing ethnic costumes perform during a fire show, as part of the Ivan Kupala celebrations at the Berezovaya Roshcha (Birch Grove) park, in Zelenodolsk, Republic of Tatarstan, Russia. Ivan Kupala Day, also known as Ivana-Kupala or Kupala Night, is a traditional pagan holiday celebrated in eastern Slavic cultures. Various rituals are traditionally performed on Kupala Night, including making flower wreaths, fortune-telling, jumping over bonfires, and burning a wheel-like effigy symbolizing the sun.
- Package: Russia Ivan Kupala Festivity
- Location: Zelenodolsk, Republic of Tatarstan, Russia
- Event date: 07.07.2023
- Date published: 07.07.2023
- Author: Maksim Bogodvid
- Credit: Sputnik
- Source: Sputnik
- Original: Digital
- Media: JPEG, 2811x2048px, 3.4Mb
- Job-ID: de747ce536ffb25a