Sunday, June 22, 2014

Summer solstice celebrations in Russia;catch the excitements!



People take part in the Ivan Kupala festival near the town of Oktyabrski, southeast of Minsk, June 21, 2014. The traditional festival celebrates the summer solstice with overnight festivities such as people singing and dancing around campfires, as they believe it will purge them of their sins and make them healthier.  (REUTERS/Vasily Fedosenko)People take part in the Ivan Kupala festival near the town of Oktyabrski, southeast of Minsk, June 21, 2014. The traditional festival celebrates the summer solstice with overnight festivities such as people singing and dancing around campfires, as they believe it will purge them of their sins and make them healthier.  (REUTERS/Vasily Fedosenko)

 It was a day of bliss with a superb celebrations yesterday,June 21st 2014, as People from around the world mark the summer solstice at  Ivan Kupala festival
 a handful People  from around the world take part in the Ivan Kupala festival near the town of Oktyabrskia town in Samara Oblast, Russia, located on the right bank of the Volga River (Saratov Reservoir), 154 kilometers (96 mi) from Samara with Population of about 27,244  southeast of Minsk, June 21, 2014. The traditional festival celebrates the summer solstice with overnight festivities such as people singing and dancing around campfires, as they believe it will purge them of their sins and make them healthier. the celebration which attracts several media have the following pictures taken at the festival ground:

People take part in the Ivan Kupala festival near the town of Oktyabrski, southeast of Minsk, June 21, 2014. The traditional festival celebrates the summer solstice with overnight festivities such as people singing and dancing around campfires, as they believe it will purge them of their sins and make them healthier.  (REUTERS/Vasily Fedosenko)

People take part in the Ivan Kupala festival near the town of Oktyabrski, southeast of Minsk, June 21, 2014. The traditional festival celebrates the summer solstice with overnight festivities such as people singing and dancing around campfires, as they believe it will purge them of their sins and make them healthier.  (REUTERS/Vasily Fedosenko)

People take part in the Ivan Kupala festival near the town of Oktyabrski, southeast of Minsk, June 21, 2014. The traditional festival celebrates the summer solstice with overnight festivities such as people singing and dancing around campfires, as they believe it will purge them of their sins and make them healthier.  (REUTERS/Vasily Fedosenko)
People take part in the Ivan Kupala festival near the town of Oktyabrski, southeast of Minsk, June 21, 2014. The traditional festival celebrates the summer solstice with overnight festivities such as people singing and dancing around campfires, as they believe it will purge them of their sins and make them healthier.  (REUTERS/Vasily Fedosenko)

People take part in the Ivan Kupala festival near the town of Oktyabrski, southeast of Minsk, June 21, 2014. The traditional festival celebrates the summer solstice with overnight festivities such as people singing and dancing around campfires, as they believe it will purge them of their sins and make them healthier.  (REUTERS/Vasily Fedosenko)


People take part in the Ivan Kupala festival near the town of Oktyabrski, southeast of Minsk, June 21, 2014. The traditional festival celebrates the summer solstice with overnight festivities such as people singing and dancing around campfires, as they believe it will purge them of their sins and make them healthier.  (REUTERS/Vasily Fedosenko)

People take part in the Ivan Kupala festival near the town of Oktyabrski, southeast of Minsk, June 21, 2014. The traditional festival celebrates the summer solstice with overnight festivities such as people singing and dancing around campfires, as they believe it will purge them of their sins and make them healthier.  (REUTERS/Vasily Fedosenko)

 ....summer solstices is the longest day of the year when the sun is at its highest point in the northern hemisphere,usually on the 21st of June every year!june 21st,

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