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San Juan (formerly called Rasa, Kupolė) is one of the funniest summer festivals that pagan traditions have preserved. This is the shortest night of the year and the longest day of the year. This celebration has many symbols that merge into a language in which man and nature move in unison, constantly renewing in a harmonious way. The main symbols of the festival: tree, circle, sun, moon, wind, snake, bird, horse, forest. All these symbols are associated with the renewal and rebirth of nature, fertility, family security, with a constant movement and signify the connection between heaven and earth. A very important symbol of Saint John is the door, wrapped in oak branches that separate the secular and sacred worlds. Everyone who walks through the door must be symbolically cleansed. St. John’s Gate will be in Šventoji from June 17. through June 25, on Jūros Street at the Šventosios Street intersection, according to a press release.
The communities of Palanga and Šventoji created 12 sculptures “White Signs”
“This year Joninė (due to the limited number of participants) will take place a little differently: we will create a video material, in which we will capture the most important moments of the festival and all the stages of preparation. We are pleased that the Joint activities brought together the communities of Palanga and Šventoji, who contributed to the creation of the festival by producing straw sculptures “White Signs.” The Palanga Youth and Culture Center took charge of the materials and shapes. The straw was donated by the grandmother of a Kretinga farm, and the wooden sculptures were created by Agnė Dragūnaitė, an employee of the cultural center. This beautiful initiative in the production of sculptures was supported by individuals, families and the vocal ensemble “Guboja”, said Vita Petrauskienė, director of the Center for Culture and Youth of Palanga.
Virtual education “Tradition and spells”
St. John’s wort is associated with nature, which is why they include elements such as water and fire, the symbolism of plants. The night of St. John is believed to be a great time for a variety of fortune-telling and predictions of the future, making this celebration inseparable from love, weaving and weaving crowns, gathering herbs, leaping over bonfires, and searching for a fern flower. In the second stage of preparing the festival, we will invite you to the virtual education “Traditions and spells”. This beautiful education was created by the “Mėguva” folklore ensemble of the Palanga Youth and Culture Center. Participants of the ensemble, together with the administration staff of the cultural center, collected meadows, braided herbs and oak crowns in national costumes. “Mėguva” also wrapped an oak wreath around the door, because it hung from Jonas through the doors. In virtual education, you will see and hear the songs performed by the ensemble, stories about how grasslands are collected, what the crown means, how and why it is woven. Education is for young and old, so we invite everyone not to miss the opportunity to see the images and discover new activities for themselves through Jonines.
All the elements of nature will unite: water, air, earth and fire.
The final accent of the virtual day of San Juan is a festive ritual during which all the elements of nature, water, air, earth and fire, will unite. During the celebration, the “White Signs” sculptures (12 sculptures) will be burned, the flower wreaths will be floated, and a scrap metal burned, which according to the pagans drove away evil spirits.
We will immortalize the entire San Juan trilogy in photos and videos. You can see short stories filmed on the eve of San Juan on the Facebook account of the Center for Culture and Youth of Palanga.
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