Kupala Night festival on Augustow Canal

Kupala Night festival was celebrated on the Augusto Canal on the night of 5 July, BelTA learned.

Residents of the city of Grodno and Grodno District and guests gathered at the Dombrovka sluice to get in touch with the traditional Belarusian customs and rites. “We do not change the location for the event. We have been gathering for five years now. Every year this event growing more popular,” said Oksana Grintsevich, director of the Grodno district culture and information center.



he program began with a Kupala wreath workshop. A female wreath is made mainly of birch branches, a male one - oak branches. You can use any flowers and herbs although in the past it was mainly medicinal herbs. “As you know, wreaths were made by unmarried girls for fortune telling. It was said that the more beautiful the wreath was, the more likely it was for a girl to meet a very good husband. There is no secret in weaving, the main thing is to put branches tightly so that the wreath will hold and do not break,” said Svetlana Tour, choirmaster of the folk choir of the Kvasovka culture and folk art center.

After the workshop the girls floated the wreaths on the water. The program of the holiday also included a workshop in dances, a concert of the folk group Uladary and a bonfire.