Originally Posted by crispus (Post 537479)

I think the only real difference, since Khan Altay is also on a bluff a short walk above the river (rather than SOJ's seaside), is that SOJ is in an actual occupied village, while KA is out in the woods. In both cases, most of the nudity is likely to be by the water, as in the SOJ ones I posted, and the first two here, from KA. SOJ nudity at the "festival" part is quite rare - I think we've only seen one woman, under the canopy - KA's can be a little freer, though still pretty rare: in what's now thousands of photos, I've only found one of this naked conga line...

Originally Posted by pennywiseguy2 (Post 537590)

Nice pics crispus, especially the conga line...

Originally Posted by crispus (Post 539818)

Thanks; I'd hoped to pm the link for the full size to you but can't find it, so here it is, despite a) being such a big file it'll be forever to upload, and b) it's blurrier (a word? dunno) than I'd like at 3872 x 2592.

Originally Posted by Klondike (Post 543220)

these pics from Ivan Kupala - thats another Russian event that I wish I knew more about. It seems the Holy Nature girls once made a video with ivan Kupala as the theme. And the last pic in post #134 is also from a model site (girls-in-nature.com?) using the same theme.

yet ANOTHER search terms guys (are you listening P? Crispus?).

thanks,

Klondike

Originally Posted by crispus (Post 543231)

Variations: Ivana Kupala, Ivan Kupla, Kupalle, Kupaly, with the idea that the original pagan solstice was kupalle or some variant, with a later Christian grafting, a la Christmas/Saturnalia or calling the Pantheon a Catholic church, of a saint named Ivan onto the solstice-base...unfortunately lots of search terms and few good pictures, though I now have the explanation for the mystery headgear of some nighttime skinnydippers I posted a while back: