06-21-2009, 05:49 PM
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A Russian neo-pagan supreme priest, right, beats a tambourine while his followers dance around a bonfire to celebrate the summer solstice in Maloyaroslavets, some 200 kilometers (124 miles) south-west from Moscow, Russia, early Saturday, June 20, 2009. The festivities of Ivan Kupala, or John the Baptist, are similar to Mardi Gras and reflect pre-Christian Slavic traditions and practices. After the 1991 Soviet collapse, Russia has seen a revival of the Russian Orthodox church along with a surge of peripheral movements and creeds.
(AP Photo/Sergey Ponomarev)
A Russian neo-pagan supreme priest, right, beats a tambourine while his followers dance around a bonfire to celebrate the summer solstice in Maloyaroslavets, some 200 kilometers (124 miles) south-west from Moscow, Russia, early Saturday, June 20, 2009. The festivities of Ivan Kupala, or John the Baptist, are similar to Mardi Gras and reflect pre-Christian Slavic traditions and practices. After the 1991 Soviet collapse, Russia has seen a revival of the Russian Orthodox church along with a surge of peripheral movements and creeds.
(AP Photo/Sergey Ponomarev)