Source: Newslab
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A bathing party was held as part of "Sayan Ring" festival in Shushenskoe, the Krasnoyarsk Territory, on Saturday night. The holiday was conducted by actors of "Krasa" Krasnoyarsk state ensemble. Up to 1,500 people came to the Shusha River, where the pagan holiday was celebrated. Up to 500 spectators were looking at what was happening from the bridge across the river.
"Krasa" sang bathing songs of a few Slavic peoples. "We decided to follow spreading of music with bathing rites from Byzantium to Russia's North and not to sing local songs or perform rites of a certain village. So here is a kind of a historical and geographical review. Our program includes bathing music of the Serbians, the Bulgarians, Belgorod, Bryansk and Pskov lands," Anatoly Khlopkov, art director of "Krasa" ensemble said to a REGNUM-KNews correspondent.
To the accompaniment of Slavic songs guests participated in pagan rites. Girls float their flower garlands on the water of the Shusha River, jumped together with guys over a fire and danced in a ring.