#slavic tradition

[vermutandherring]

Malanka 🎇❄

A Ukrainian folk and church holiday, the evening before New Year's Eve. On the holiday of Malanka, young people (with or without masks) spend the whole night singing shchedrivkas, walking with a "goat", and leading a young man dressed as Malanka.

The Slavic myth of Malanka is similar to the myth of Hades and Persephone. While her brother Moon was hunting, the eldest son of the protogod Ad-Gad kidnapped Malanka (the daughter of the earth goddess Lada), which prevented the rebirth of spring. The knight Bezsylchik-Vasylchyk freed her from the underworld and married her. Thus, the celebration of Malanka symbolized spring, which had broken free from captivity.

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Akane mask (recolored by me) • Krampus mask • Ram skull mask • Bear mask • Fox hat • Wizard outfit • Nomad outfits • Sigtuna Dress • Birka Dress • Shawl • Contessina dress • Straw hat • Lute & pose • Male fur coat • Ethno male shirt • Long coat • Shearling coat ac • Head shawl (hijab) 1 & 2 • Architecture and decor •

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Goat mask inspo

[slavinkka]

Rakvice🇨🇿

Some beautiful Moravian dresses/costumes from Rakvice, a village/municipality in the South East of Czechia🇨🇿. 

This place has wonderfully preserved their beautiful culture.

You will notice with Moravian dresses, women tend to have large, puffy dresses with their distinctive huge, wide skirts and abundant petticoats underneath.

In many regions in South Moravia, men's costumes typically include a long white embellished ribbon with a decorated cockade on the right side of their vests as you can see above.

I managed to find some older photos from 1959 too♡

A traditional dress/costume in Czech & Slovak is called a "Kroj" (pronounced like kroi). I love how highly and beautifully embellished each garment is from here♡

[aelianur]

Probably a first in history, a traditional slavic wedding between an argentinian woman and a polish man. Wolin 2025.

Photos by Rekografia

[madeleineengland]

Mavka: The Forest Song (2023)

Directed by Oleksandra Ruban & Oleh Malamuzh

[lugvelesasrz]

Traditional Easter egg decorating in various regions of Ukraine. From: Елиїв Зенон - Двадцять кіп писанок.

[carigradmergen]

Here is my daily dose of Slavic power and kind of a Valentine's Day special

[slavicmythologynet]

Father or Prince Christmas, carrying the Yule log, illustration from 1848. The personification of Christmas was part of the centuries-old European folkloric tradition of pre-Christian midwinter celebrations, associated with the Slavic god of the Sun and fire, as well as with counterparts in other religions, and with the burning of an oak log or sapling on each hearth to restore strength to the Sun and enter the period of its rise and the lengthening of the day. From 1780: “Here comes I, old Father Christmas, welcome or welcome not, I hope that old Father Christmas will never be forgot…”

[thestalkerbunny]

Happy Easter; Have you heard of Pysanky Eggs? They're a Ukrainian Custom of decorating eggs with beautiful patterns with wax and dye, depicting traditional patterns, designs and symbols to ward off evil.

Each color and pattern means something unique; ranging from religious iconography to traditional folktale patterns, even to the colors having their own symbols.

I'm honestly a big fan