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	Ivan Kupala Day - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		According to Vasmer, the name of this holiday combines the words "Ivan", the Slavic name of John (the Baptist), and "Kupala", a word derived from the Slavic word for bathing, as it was the first day of the year when the church sanctioned bathing and swimming in rivers and ponds.
		There is an ancient belief that the Eve of Ivan Kupala is the only time of the year when the ferns are blooming.
		Yanka Kupala — the pen-name of this Belarusian author references his birthday on July 7.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ivan_Kupala (329 words)

	Kupala, Janka - HighBeam Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-30)
		KUPALA, JANKA [Kupala, Janka], 1888-1942, Belorussian poet and writer, whose original name was Ivan Lutsevich.
		Kupala was a major figure of the Belorussian national and cultural revival.
		Kupala's works after 1930 are of slight literary value.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/K/Kupala-J1.asp (95 words)

	Kupala - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		It was a sacred holy day honoring the two most important elements of Fire and Water.
		Kupalo is the male form of Kupala, and recognized in other Slavic regions.
		Kupalo is associated with John the Baptist, June 24th being his feast day.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kupala (129 words)

	Naturists
		Kupala, the ancient image of the fertile summer land, is traditionally honored with bonfires.
		A Kupala bonfire was termed “living fire” and symbolized Perun’s power over the fertility of the land and fruiting of the trees.
		It was commonly believed that by jumping through a Kupala bonfire a person became cleansed prior to the beginning of harvest, and this made him or her healthier and more powerful.
	www.russiannudistnaturist.com /eveofivanakupala.htm (425 words)

	ABM -- Yanka Kupala (author) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-30)
		Kupala idealized and extolled Belarus's past (especially of the Polacak period, which he took as the matrix for the future) and exerted an influence on the political movement for independence.
		Kupala was the first to receive the honorific title of People's Poet (1925).
		Many of Kupala's works from the pre-revolutionary period and the 1920s, because of their content, were banned after 1930 until the end of the Soviet regime."
	www.friends-partners.org /partners/belarus.old/writer/ykupala.htm (512 words)

	Celebration of Ivan Kupala Day in Russia
		According to the modern calendar, Ivan Kupala Day is celebrated on 7 July, but the festivities start during the night, from 6-7 July.
		These fires, prepared by rubbing wood together, were named “living fire.” The fire was the symbolic representation of the sun’s power and the ritual worship based on the increasing reproductive activity of both humans and Nature (fertility of the land and fruiting of the trees).
		Many spooky tales and legends are connected with Kupala Night, tales concerning witches, good and bad omens, spirits of the forests and rivers, and snakes.
	www.wscsd.org /ejournal/article.php3?id_article=127 (954 words)

	Novalee Lightheart Halleigh
		The deal was for Kupala to take care of Novalee in her home in the Carthage mountains.
		For many years, Novalee was raised under Kupala's tutlege, not aware of the events that had took place when she was just a baby.
		Kupala was doubtful at first, knowing that Novalee may have been at risk of getting killed by Juba if he recognised the daughter he never wanted.
	www.angelfire.com /fl/angeliclycorrectyeps/Angel26.html (320 words)

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		Kupala is mystical, beautiful, wild and very erotic folk feast.
		Couples jumping over fire, telling fortunes, girls putting garlands on water and if garland is heading in dirrection of some village, then she must expect a future husband from this village.., at dawn going swim naked and boys who already heated up with strong drinks chasing them...
		I am still on the point of age when girls run on full gear at Kupala night, I would play, but I am afraid that dressed in BDU's and armed with RGD-33 grenade; the boys would be more likely to run away than to chase me.
	www.serpentswall.com /page19.html (171 words)

	Svitlana Kobets
		After the ban on Vohon' Kupala, Kalynets became officially unpublishable, and he joined the army of Ukrainian poets whose works were available only in underground samvydav (samizdat) editions.
		Vohon' Kupala is a collection of 35 poems, reflecting the poet's pride in Ukrainian culture and reaffirming Ukraine's ancient spiritual heritage.
		The verse forms in Vohon' Kupala are modernist, largely imitative of those developed by the Ukrainian avant-garde of the 1930s, especially Antonych.
	www.slavdom.com /index.php?id=39 (1004 words)

	AlatanTour
		Yanka Kupala is a national poet of Belarus.
		The creative work of Yanka Kupala is the history, the byelorussian people` s life, their characters and customs.
		It is the museum with an exposition “Work and life of Yanka Kupala during the thirties years”.
	www.alatantour.com /eng/yanka.shtml (427 words)

	White Wolf Forums :: View topic - TC Journals 3: The Trials of Princes
		I felt fate's tug on my soul, but if the end result was to bind this Kupala and perhaps end the weather that was making life difficult, I was happy to be a part of it.
		Kupala has a cult that worships him through the sacrifice of babies in order to control the weather.
		The creature sleeps under the Carpathians where the Kupala fire flower blooms and is said to have the power to bind demons.
	forums.white-wolf.com /viewtopic.php?t=40254 (12764 words)

	SG-1 - Kupala's Tears
		Kupala was a benevolent river deity and her domains as a goddess were flowers and purity."
		In Kupala's case she was worshipped with offerings of flowers cast into the river and seen as a bringer of purity, because the river washed away the impure.
		Lyuba was worried that after Kupala's last confrontation with Czernobog – a clash which occurred four centuries ago on a planet quite near to her beloved Keplo – Kupala would remain dormant until after her death.
	www.prophet.phlegethon.org /Fiction/Nike/kt.htm (3231 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-30)
		Kupala is the Slavic goddess of springs and rivers.
		Her name means, “to bathe,” and if you need a new love in the new year, perhaps Kupala can help you.
		Scatter the rest of the flower petals into a moving body of water, and the spell is finished.
	www.angelfire.com /journal/cathbodua/Springs.html (99 words)

	Yanka Kupala's State Literary Museum
		Yanka Kupala's museum is located in one of the most beautiful areas of the capital of Belarus.
		Having changed several places since foundation, it was finally established on the site where the original house of the poet stood, demolished with the fascist bombs in the first days of the World War II.
		Yanka Kupala (1882 - 1942) was a classic of Belarusian literature: a poet, playwright, translator, author of about 2,000 works that were translated into many foreign languages.
	www.hotels-minsk.com /guide/museums-kupala.htm (263 words)

	The Thing In The Balkans - Ex Libris Nocturnis Forums (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-30)
		But Im pretty sure it was either a reference to Kupala or one of the Zmei.
		However, I do agree that it was most probably Kupala, or something left up to Storytellers to develop by the end of the official line.
		Kupala makes the most sense, as the Inconnu weren't all that interested in the Garou, the Tremere had long-since moved to Vienna, and Baba Yaga got eaten by a Nictucku before she could really become a world power.
	www.nocturnis.net /forums/index.php?showtopic=8566 (721 words)

	Term Paper on Ivan Kupala
		Ivan Kupala is one of the most ancient Slavic feasts that goes back to pagan rites of the pre-Christian era: the celebration of fertility in honor of the goddess Kupala.
		It is believed that on Kupala night rivers are glowing with a special light, trees can speak in the human language and even walk from place to place.
		Even though Ivan Kupala celebration has come a long way from the pagan era to our present time, it hasn't lost its mystery and excitement.
	www.swiftpapers.com /essay/Ivan_Kupala-157258.html (190 words)

	The National Academic Yanka Kupala Theater
		Yanka Kupala National Theater is the oldest theater in Belarus.
		The new director managed to find that golden mean between the novelty, emancipation, and experiment, on the one hand, and classical tradition on the other hand.
		For thirty years that he was a director of the Yanka Kupala National Theater, V.
	www.hotels-minsk.com /guide/theatres-kupala.htm (231 words)

	Recent Events
		Actors from the Yara Arts Group are working with singers from Oira, a music group in Kharkiv, Ukraine and actors from the Ev Theatre Studio in Kyiv, Ukraine.
		The third set of performances will honor the singers of the village of Svaritsevichi in the Polissia Region and will be on Saturday November 16 at 7 p.m.
		In the show "Kupala" the past meets the present, as ancient songs become the bridge between cultures.
	www.artukraine.com /events/yara.htm (485 words)

	Yanka Kupala State University of Hrodna
		Yanka Kupala State University of Hrodna was founded in 1978, superceding Hrodna Pedagogical Institute.
		Today it is the industrial, cultural and administrative center of Hrodna region and situated on the banks of the Nioman river.
		The Yanka Kupala State University of Hrodna actively collaborates with specialist organizations as well as in UN programs and other international organizations.
	www.belarusguide.com /cities/hrodna/GrGU.htm (225 words)

	The Sakhalin Times - A Traditional Summer Welcoming Party! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-30)
		The word “Kupala” has the same root as the Russian word kupat’sya, meaning “to bathe.” Originally, the holiday was called just “Kupala,” in the name of the pagan goddess.
		Ivan Kupala Day is celebrated on July 7, but the festivities start during the night of July 6.
		The traditions of Kupala’s Day are enhanced in a place like Sakhalin, which is blessed with the sea.
	www.thesakhalintimes.com /modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=2638 (598 words)

	Yara Arts KUPALA - BRAMA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-30)
		There were workshops in Ukrainian ritual Midsummer songs an indoor concert with Mariana Sadovska at La MaMa Club, and two evenings of outdoor Midsummer Nights rituals, songs, art and anarchy in a luscious garden situated in the heart of New York.
		Yara organized indoor and outdoor Kupala celebrations in New York since 1999, and presented a show based on Midsummer ritual songs starring Nina Matvienko called Waterfall/Reflections.
		For info and pics from Yara's Kupala last year Also see Helen Smindak on Yara's Kupala in Ukrainian Weekly.
	www.brama.com /yara/kupala-press.html (822 words)

	Karelian Sketchs : Kupala Night Dance (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-30)
		The third brother, the god of the sky Fire, Perun, and his son, the god of the Wind, Jarila, sing the ancient songs with us to the accompaniment of trees and lake waves.
		Kupala has incarnated to all the girls this Night and gives them the exciting feelings of the healthy body and clear their minds!...
		People and gods on Kupala Night always clean their minds, thoughts and hearts with the flames of fire and this dedicated to the arch-mother Zhiva.
	www.holynature.ru /VIDEO/page.php?PgName=KareliaNights1 (542 words)

	\|\|\|\| Public Libraries of Minsk \|\|\|\| Централизованная система публичных ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-30)
		The Minsk Yanka Kupala Central Public Library is a social and cultural information center.
		Founded in 1949, it ranks among the most popular cultural city institutions and is open to general public according to the Rules of Membership.
		Yanka Kupala Central Public Library organized an international conference on trends of public libraries development on November, 2002.
	kupala-library.iatp.by /index-e.html (822 words)

	Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno (YKSUG) was founded in 1978 on the basis of a State Pedagogical Institute and ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-30)
		Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno (YKSUG) was founded in 1978 on the basis of a State Pedagogical Institute and now it is the largest regional educational, scientific, and cultural centre of the Republic of Belarus
		Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno (YKSUG) was founded as the State Teacher Training Institute.
		Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno admits international students who have an education corresponding to the level of a general secondary school of the Republic of Belarus without age restrictions.
	www.grsu.by /~relation/en/University_Profile/Profile.htm (975 words)

	Russian Gifts & Collectibles from Russian Legacy . com - "Ivan Kupala Celebration" (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-30)
		Ivan Kupala Day is celebrated in Russia on 7 July.
		Up to the present day Ivan Kupala (this was the way that the old Russians called John the Baptist) Day or Day of Ivan is considered one of the most expressive Russian folk holidays.
		They would gather around fires to watch it, dance around it and jump through it (believing that it "cleanses from all sin").
	www.russianlegacy.com /catalog/product_info.php?products_id=492 (252 words)

	Kyiv Ukraine - Ivana Kupala - In Your Pocket
		The Ukrainian Ivana Kupala holiday (July 6-7), has a rich history intertwined with many rituals and legends.
		Young women work on the Kupala doll and dress it up like a man. At the end of celebration, the Kupala doll is burned in a fire, and the Kupalytsia is drowned in water.
		It is birthday of the John Baptist, and as often happens in Ukrainian culture, the pagan and Christian traditions have come together other time.
	www.inyourpocket.com /ukraine/kyiv/en/feature?id=55992 (245 words)

	Religion in Belarus
		It is a hedonistic summer celebration of fertility in the name of a female God - Kupala.
		Lately it was renamed into a Christian celebration of a male saint - Ivan Kupala.
		Kupalle usually involves youth going into the forests and the meadows, wearing flower and grass garlands (see these modern pictures of Belarusian girls in wreaths on Kupala night), dancing in karagods (circles around fires), jumping through fires, competing in strength and a lot's of eroticism.
	www.belarusguide.com /culture1/religion/Religion.html (1649 words)

	NOCH_NA_KUPALA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-30)
		The exhabition city Rovno(UKRAINE) of CAC range, judged by Oleynik Z. The exhabition has passed on the 14-th of may 2005.
		NASLEDNIK PRESTOLA NOCH NA KUPALA is the bes junior
		The exhabition in Poltava(UKRAINE) of CAC range, judged by Paliy N. The exhabition has passed on the 2-nd of july 2005.
	hochnakupalu.com (563 words)

	<<>> Belarusian Literature in English Translations <<>> (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-30)
		The Belarusian Literature in English Translations ("Беларуская літаратура ў англійскіх перакладах") project has been implemented by the Yanka Kupala Central Public Library (Minsk, Belarus) with the support of the National Commission of the Republic of Belarus for UNESCO and Moscow UNESCO Office.
		This project seeks to widen the world's access to the works of Belarusian literature.
		Copying, duplicating and use for commercial purposes are allowed only with the written permission of the National Commission of the Republic of Belarus for UNESCO and the Yanka Kupala Central Public Library (Minsk, Belarus).
	kupala-library.iatp.by /bel_lit (482 words)

	AllRefer.com - Janka Kupala (Russian And Eastern European Literature, Biography) - Encyclopedia
		AllRefer.com - Janka Kupala (Russian And Eastern European Literature, Biography) - Encyclopedia
		Janka Kupala, Russian And Eastern European Literature, Biographies
		More articles from AllRefer Reference on Janka Kupala
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/K/Kupala-J.html (224 words)

	Site of the President of the Republic of Belarus/Theatres
		The National Academic Yanka Kupala Theatre, the oldest theatre of Belarus, was opened on 14 September 1920.
		At the start besides the Belarusian troupe the theatre included also the Russian and the Jewish companies which later became independent, as well as chorus, ballet and symphony orchestra which in 1933 formed the basis of the National Opera Theatre.
		The theatre’s company is viewed as one of the best in the USSR and is honoured with the name of the great Belarusian poet and dramatist Yanka Kupala (1944).
	president.gov.by /en/press19400.html (239 words)

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