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Originally Posted by crispus
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.
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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