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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/94e4f455-5b53-43bf-8fc8-7141404aa30e/75AEFBAB-8775-4A31-B4BD-6D7FB7DF2322/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kupala&oldid=280330495" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kupala&oldid=280330495" style="font-size: 11px;">en.wikipedia.org</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kupala&oldid=280330495"><P><A title="Ivan Kupala Day" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_Kupala_Day">Ivan Kupala Day</A> (<I>John the bather day</I>) is the feast day of <A title="John the Baptist" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_the_Baptist">John the Baptist</A> in some Central and East European countries, held near the <A class="mw-redirect" title="Summer solstice" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Summer_solstice">summer solstice</A>. It is equivalent of Valentine's Day.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kupala&oldid=280330495">For some <A class="mw-redirect" title="Neo-pagan" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neo-pagan">neo-pagans</A>, Kupała, also known as Sobótka, is the festival celebrated on the Summer <A title="Solstice" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solstice">solstice</A> in June. They believe that it was a sacred holy day honoring the two most important elements: Fire and Water. The tradition is to burn fires at the end of the day and bathe in open waters at sunset, singing and dancing around 'pal' till midnight.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kupala&oldid=280330495"><P>In Slavonic <A class="mw-redirect" title="Neo-paganism" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neo-paganism">neo-paganism</A>, <B>Kupała</B> is the <A title="Goddess" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goddess">goddess</A> of <A title="Herb" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herb">herbs</A>, <A title="Magic (paranormal)" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_(paranormal)">sorcery</A>, <A title="Sex" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sex">sex</A>, and <A title="Midsummer" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midsummer">midsummer</A>. She is also the Water Mother, associated with <A title="Tree" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tree">trees</A>, herbs, and <A title="Flower" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flower">flowers</A>. Her celebration falls upon the Summer <A title="Solstice" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solstice">solstice</A> in June, which is a sacred holy day honoring the two most important elements of Fire and Water.</P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;"> </td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/75AEFBAB-8775-4A31-B4BD-6D7FB7DF2322/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>
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