Joninės (Rasos)

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Joninės (Rasos) is a Lithuanian midsummer festival celebrating the summer solstice with bonfires, singing, dancing, and various nature-related rituals.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Lithuanian festival ⓘ
midsummer festival ⓘ
summer solstice celebration ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Kupolinės ⓘ
Rasos ⓘ
associatedWith St. John the Baptist ⓘ
linked to: John the Baptist
celebrates midsummer ⓘ
summer solstice ⓘ
country Lithuania ⓘ
culturalSignificance important part of Lithuanian intangible cultural heritage ⓘ
dance traditional circle dances ⓘ
etymology name derived from Jonas (John) ⓘ
hasTheme fertility ⓘ
fire ⓘ
nature ⓘ
sun ⓘ
vegetation ⓘ
water ⓘ
language Lithuanian ⓘ
locationType celebrated in cities ⓘ
celebrated in rural areas ⓘ
mainCelebrationTime night between June 23 and June 24 ⓘ
music folk songs ⓘ
sutartinės ⓘ
RasosNameOrigin derived from Lithuanian word for dew (rasa) ⓘ
relatedTo Baltic solstice traditions ⓘ
Latvian Jāņi ⓘ
linked to: Jāņi

Slavic Ivan Kupala Night ⓘ
religiousSyncretism Christian traditions ⓘ
pagan traditions ⓘ
ritualElement dew collection for health and beauty ⓘ
herbal magic and healing ⓘ
love divination ⓘ
season summer ⓘ
socialFunction community gathering ⓘ
strengthening family and communal ties ⓘ
symbol fern blossom ⓘ
fire ⓘ
oak branches ⓘ
wreaths ⓘ
timeOfYear around 23–24 June ⓘ
typicalActivity dancing ⓘ
floating flower wreaths on water ⓘ
fortune-telling rituals ⓘ
herb gathering ⓘ
jumping over bonfires ⓘ
lighting bonfires ⓘ
night-time festivities ⓘ
searching for the mythical fern blossom ⓘ
singing ⓘ

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Lithuanians → traditionalHoliday → Joninės (Rasos) ⓘ