Masiku ano pali maholide ambiri okhala ndi mbiri yakale ndi miyambo. Tsiku la Ivan Kupala ndi limodzi la maholide ngati amenewa, mbiri yake ndi yakale komanso yosangalatsa.
Mwanjira ina, tchuthiyi imatchedwa "Kupala usiku". Ili ndilo tchuthi lachilaso la Aslavi, pomwe nyengo yachilimwe ikumakondwerera. Mwachikhalidwe, holide ya Ivan Kupala inakondweredwa pa June 24 ndi Asilavo. M'machitidwe akale, anali pa June 24, nyengo ya chilimwe, mawonekedwe atsopano a tchuthili akugwa pa July 7. Chochititsa chidwi, pa 7 Julayi, ndikukondwerera chikondwerero chachikristu cha Yohane M'batizi.
Mbiri ya kubadwa kwa phwando la Ivan Kupala ili yozikidwa m'nthaŵi zachikunja, anthu adakondwerera holide ya dzuwa ndikutchetcha. Chochititsa chidwi ndi chakuti asanakhalepo Chikristu ku Russia, tchuthili limangotchedwa "tsiku la Kupala", dzina la Ivan silinaliko. Izo zinawonekera ndendende pamene tchuthi lija linagwirizana ndi kubadwa kwa Yohane M'batizi. Yohane Mbatizi anali wotsatira wa Yesu Khristu, yemwe adalosera maonekedwe ake. Iye anabatiza Khristu mwiniyo mu Yordano. Yohane Mbatizi ali wolemekezeka kwambiri mu Chikhristu, mwinamwake, iye ndi woyera wotchuka kwambiri pambuyo pa Namwaliyo.
Kodi anakondwerera bwanji Kupala Day ku Russia?
Pa tsiku la Ivan Kupala, pali miyambo ndi miyambo yambiri, ena mwa iwo apulumuka mpaka lero. Makolo athu adakondwerera tchuthi motere: m'mawa atsikanawo adasonkhanitsa maluwa ndi zitsamba, nkhata zopukutira ndi zokongoletsera kwa anthu onse. Achinyamata amadula mtengo ndikuuika pamalo achikondwerero, atsikanawo amakongoletsa mtengo uwu ndi maluwa, chithunzi cha mulungu Jarilo (chidole chopangidwa ndi udzu, ndipo nthawi zina dongo) chinayikidwa pansi pa mtengo. Chidolecho chisanakhale ndi zophika. Anayaka moto wawiri - umodzi, pafupi umene unayambitsa kuvina, ndipo yachiwiri - maliro, kuti awotche Yarila. Atsikanawo ankayenda mozungulira birch, ndipo achinyamata anayesera kuba. Pamene izi zinachitika, moto woyamba unayaka ndipo mavina osewera ankachitika kuzungulira. Onse ochita nawo tchuthi ankasangalala monga momwe akanatha, - anapanga zovala, kusintha zovala, kusewera masewera. Pamene moto unatuluka, iwo anayamba kusankha omenya. Kawirikawiri, mabanja ambiri anapangidwa, omwe pambuyo pake anakwatira. M'mawa m'mawiriwa awiriwa anadodometsa mumtsinje. Ansembe panthawiyi adasonkhanitsa mame, omwe ankawoneka kuti akuwongolera. M'maŵa tsiku lija linatha.
Inde, sizinthu zonsezi zomwe zasungidwa, zinatifikira mu losavuta. Komabe, tchuthi la Ivan Kupala lidali lolemera mwambo. Chizoloŵezi chofala ndichokweza aliyense pamzere ndi madzi, ngati anthu ali m'chilengedwe, akhoza kuvina kuzungulira moto wamoto ndikudumphira. Inde, tsopano palibe amene angasankhe banja limodzi usiku umodzi ndikuwotcha chidole Yarila.
Mpingo wachikhristu sunali kuyamikira miyambo ndi miyambo ya Asilavo chifukwa cha ulemu wa tsiku la Ivan Kupala. Zimadziwika kuti makolo akale ambiri adaletsa chikondwerero cha tsiku lino. Mu Middle Ages, tchalitchicho chinaletsedwanso phwando. Tsopano mpingo wa Russian Orthodox umavomerezanso holideyi, pakuona kuti ndi yachikunja. Ndipotu, choncho, miyambo yambiri ya holideyi ndi yachikunja.