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Kupala in Lithuania

Kupala in Lithuania is held on June 24. The holiday is associated with the summer solstice and the longest day of the year. This event in the third decade of the month June is annual. Help us Help us 
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The name of the holiday was originally Kupala; a pagan fertility rite later adapted into the Orthodox Christian calendar by connecting it with St. John's Day which is celebrated on 24 June. Eastern Christianity uses traditional Julian calendar which is misaligned with actual solstice; 24 June in Julian calendar falls on 7 July in more modern Gregorian calendar.
This holiday symbolizes the birth of the summer sun – Kupalo. In the 4th century AD, this day was proclaimed the holiday of the birth of John the Baptist – the forerunner of Jesus Christ. As a result of the Christianization of the pagan feast the name "Kupala" got connected with the Christian "Ivan".
On the eve of Kupala day, young people organize the festivities. They wear traditional clothes and meet together, singing songs about love, romance and marriage. The bravest among them jump over the flames of bonfires in a ritual test of bravery. Couples in love jump holding hands; a failure is a sign of their destined separation.

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