Dec 21, 2025
it's Chirtmas and New Year soon so have Moomin cast as Malanka performers cuz why not
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it's Chirtmas and New Year soon so have Moomin cast as Malanka performers cuz why not
Malanka by Petro Hrehoriychuk, 1970
traditional cross-dressing on ukrainian malanka holiday. the woman is dressed as vasyl (folk adaptation of st. basil) and the man is dressed as malanka (folk adaptation of st. melania).
during this holiday, ukrainians honor the ancestral spirits and imitate them by dressing as animals and opposite genders, since it is believed that the otherworld blurs the line between male and female, as well as between man and beast.
photographed by anna senik (ładna kobieta)
A generous night, a good night, for the health of the good people!
The holidays are really up to me to keep now, away from my Ukrainian family. It is me and the ancestors against the world, so I am making some kutia for them now that I finally have a day off.
Vasylyna Vrublevska – Malanka, Ukraine
Malanka, Anna Mamotiuk
Happy Malanka to those who celebrate. Have a wonderful New Year my friends! @graveyarddirt love you sweets, hope the holidays are going well.
Malanka, Ukraine, 1990s