Ivan Kupala Day

GPTKB entity

Statements (47)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:public_holiday
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Feast_of_St._John_the_Baptist
gptkb:Kupala_Night
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:St._John_the_Baptist
summer solstice
gptkbp:celebratedIn gptkb:Belarus
gptkb:Latvia
gptkb:Lithuania
gptkb:Poland
gptkb:Russia
gptkb:Ukraine
Slavic countries
gptkbp:customs singing and dancing
ritual bathing
search for magical fern flower
fortune-telling games
girls float wreaths on water
youth jump over bonfires
gptkbp:dateObserved July 6
July 7
gptkbp:features bonfires
fortune-telling
jumping over fires
water rituals
flower wreaths
search for the fern flower
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Ivan Kupala Day
gptkbp:languageOfName gptkb:Russian
Belarusian
Polish
gptkbp:origin gptkb:Slavic_paganism
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Midsummer
gptkb:St._John's_Eve
gptkbp:religiousSignificance Christianized as Feast of St. John the Baptist
gptkbp:symbol gptkb:water
gptkb:fire
gptkb:fern_flower
wreaths
gptkbp:theme gptkb:magic
love
nature
fertility
purification
transition from paganism to Christianity
gptkbp:UNESCOWorldHeritageSite No
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:European_folklore
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4