Originally Posted by crispus (Post 437810)

To attempt to answer both the previous, Kazantip is indeed the name of the festival held at Koktebel, which in turn is where a nudist beach is also located; they are not the same stretch of sand, however. Klondike can perhaps shed light on exactly where the two spaces are in relation to each other: I suspect the nudist beach is further out of the city of Koktebel, not least because there's so much camping accompanying a lot of the photos we see from there. The reason for the different rate of nudity at Kazantip as opposed to the naturist beach at Koktebel is no doubt due to the fact that it's the main reason to go to the latter, whereas like many festivals such as Roskilde, Bonnaroo, or even the Fremont Solstice Parade & Pageant, the nudity is only a small part of what's going on, and is determined by how comfortable people feel about being partly or totally naked, at Kazantip.

Originally Posted by dixler (Post 437972)

Thanks for the answer. I want to comment that at American Bonnaroo shows, nudity is generally not legal. From Klondike's comments, it may not be legal at Kazantip, either.

I have one very important question that I've been wondering for over a year now:

Does anyone know when that big gathering at Koktebel is held each year? If you look at the nudist-camp.org vids, it's the festival of sorts filmed. I would really like to know when that is. It's called the "Neptune Festival" or something.

When does that thing take place? Date?

They've got a great male-female ratio (probably 50% or higher females) and a lot of them are naked. And drunk! Plus everybody has got video cameras and all the women know that the guys are zooming in on their pussies. And they don't care!

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x49...debeach87_sexy
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x49...debeach55_sexy

Originally Posted by Klondike (Post 437918)

Kazantip and Koktebel are really not all that close together. They are both on the Crimean Penninsula, but thats about it. Kazantip is much further east, maybe as much as 200 miles. I don't have my map handy at the moment.
I suspect that the beach adjoining the festival is traditionally used only topless, not fully nude.

NOW IF they were in the same location - Kazantip would be one hell of a festival and would have a lot more full nudity. I mean its one hell of a festival anyway, but as you've said, mostly topless. The question on my mind is what is the official policy towards nudity at Kazantip. I don't know - not being fluent in Russian makes it hard to find these types of things out. A topless only policy on the beach itself is certainly not required in Russia, but perhaps IT IS required as part of the festival to satisfy sponsers, local governments, etc. It is one thing to be fully naked on a beach in Europe. it is another thing to be naked at a music festival, although Glastenbury, Roskilde, etc does get fully nude on occasion.

Copious amounts of FULL nudity at a youth festival similar to this one is almost unheard of. Yes, we can dream, but the day is not at hand yet..

Klondike

Originally Posted by Klondike (Post 437974)

I wish I could give you an exact date, but I think you are looking at early August for the neptune festival. I could be wrong. There is still time to book that trip...:)

Klondike