Dzuwa lotentha ndi chimodzi mwazinthu zomwe zikusintha chaka, zomwe sizingatheke kuzindikira. Kuyambira kale, pafupifupi anthu onse padziko lapansi adakondwerera holide ya pachilimwe kumapeto kwa Juni. Pakati pa anthu aku Russia, amatchedwa Ivan Kupala.
Komabe, ndikofunikira kudziwa kuti chikondwererochi sichili chokha kwa anthu aku Russia. Tchuthi ichi chimadziwika padziko lonse lapansi. Mwachitsanzo, ku Lithuania amadziwika kuti Lado, ku Ukraine - monga Kupaylo kapena Kupalo, ku Poland - Sobotki. Usiku wa Juni 23 mpaka 24, onse okhala m'chigawocho, kuyambira Carpathians kumpoto kwa Russia, adakondwerera tchuthi chodabwitsachi. Ngakhale, zowona, chifukwa chodwala kalendala ya Julius kuchokera ku Gregorian ndi zovuta zina, chikondwerero cha chilimwe cha chilimwe chidakondwerera masabata awiri pambuyo pa tsiku lolondola.
Makolo athu anali ndi mulungu yemwe amatchedwa Kupalo natchula chonde cha chilimwe. Zinali zolemekeza iye kuti madzulo amapanga mikango, nkulumpha ndi kuyimba nyimbo. Pambuyo pake, mwambowo umakula ndikukhala mwambo wachaka, womwe umaphatikizabe ndi miyambo yachikunja ndi yachikunja. Amadziwika kuti a Rus atabatizidwa, mulungu wamkazi Kupalo adalandira Ivan.
Limodzi la maholide ofunikira kwambiri, otchuka komanso otchuka pachaka ndi Agrafena Kupalnitsa, pambuyo pake Ivan Kupala ndi masiku angapo akukondwerera Chikondwerero cha Kubadwa kwa Paul ndi Peter, kuphatikizira tchuthi chimodzi chachikulu motsogozedwa ndi nthawi. Ili ndi tanthauzo lalikulu kwa anthu aku Russia. Chifukwa chake zimaphatikizapo malamulo ambiri, nyimbo, zizindikilo, zikhulupiriro, nthano za kuwombeza, ziganizo ndi miyambo yamwambo.
Ku Agafenu, Dziwe Losambiramo Nthawi zambiri limasambitsidwa ndikusambitsidwa osambira. Anthu a ku Russia nthawi zambiri adagula ma broom pachaka chisanafike holide imeneyi. Usiku wa Agatha, panali mwambo: pachaka chobweretsa zokolola zambiri, amuna amatumiza akazi awo kuti akapaka rye, omwe amawatcha kuti "kuyala rye." Komanso patsiku ili, zitsamba zamitundu yonse zidasonkhanitsidwa. ndipo zimakhulupilira kuti usiku wa tchuthi ichi mitengo imayamba kusuntha kuchokera kumalo kupita kwina ndikuyankhulana. Tinkakhulupirira kuti usiku uno chilichonse chimazungulira ndimphamvu yamatsenga yosadziwika ndipo chilichonse chimayamba kulankhulana.
Amakhulupiriranso kuti mfiti zonse usiku wa Ivan Kupala azikondwerera tchuthi chawo, nthawi yomwe amayesetsa kubweretsa zovuta zambiri kwa anthu. Mosangalala, afitiwo adasunga madzi, omwe amawiritsa ndi phulusa la moto woyaka pa holide iyi. Atadzipukusa ndi madzi, mfiti iliyonse imapeza mphamvu kuti imuluke.
Miyambo yodziwika kwambiri ya Kupala imakola aliyense ndi madzi. Pambuyo pake achinyamata onse anapita kumtsinje kukasambira. Nthawi zambiri, ndikasamba kophatikizana, achinyamata adayamba chibwenzi.
Ndikosatheka kuyerekezera usiku wa Ivan Kupala wopanda moto pomwe adalumpha ndikuvina. Amakhulupirira kuti amene akadumphira m'mwamba, adzakhala wosangalala kwambiri. Amadziwikanso kuti anthu amakhulupirira kuti ngati utatenga mwana usikuwo, ndiye kuti adzabadwa wokongola, wokondwa komanso wathanzi.
