Kupala Brighton
@kupalabrighton.bsky.social
A cultural community project inspired by Brighton's Ukrainian midsummer festival https://kupalabrighton.org/
Happy Solstice from Preston Park in Brighton, and from the boloto in Trubaitsi, Ukraine ☀️
Summer is a-coming in, and we saw the fash off! Loved seeing Brighton Folk Against Fascism at the Carnival yesterday ☀️🌿
Brighton friends, on June 18th this brilliant event is taking place at the Rose Hill Tavern. Help support our Ukrainian community through an evening connecting landscape, folklore, loss, memory & midsummer through Vladyslava and @marekkohn.bsky.social 's collaboration. kupalabrighton.org/sands.html
Silence and Sirens
Silence and Sirens June 18: videos and conversation about land, people, nature and belonging.
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Sussex Bylines @sussexbylines.co.uk · 3mo agoSilence, sirens and the Kupala Brighton project The project aims to bring Ukrainians and non-Ukrainians together in a community around themes of nature, land, place and belonging | Marek Kohn @kupalabrighton.bsky.social @marekkohn.bsky.social
Spring is turning to summer, the boundary between the visible and invisible worlds is softening, so here's a handy tip for keeping dangerous spirits out of your home. Happy Green Holidays everybody! 🌿🌿🌿 kupalabrighton.org/blog.html
Blog | Kupala
Spring into Summer: a post from the Kupala Brighton project
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Silence, sirens and the Kupala Brighton project The project aims to bring Ukrainians and non-Ukrainians together in a community around themes of nature, land, place and belonging | Marek Kohn @kupalabrighton.bsky.social @marekkohn.bsky.social
Silence, sirens and the Kupala Brighton project
The project aims to bring Ukrainians and non-Ukrainians together in a community around themes of nature, land, place and belonging
sussexbylines.co.uk
Please share. This is an inspiring and urgent project that listens, relocates and unleashes connection between people, culture and place. Grounded in community, during a time of war and displacement. Do follow and look for the Brighton event on the 18th June.
Sussex Bylines @sussexbylines.co.uk · 3mo agoThe project aims to bring Ukrainians and non-Ukrainians together in a community around themes of nature, land, place and belonging | Marek Kohn
The project aims to bring Ukrainians and non-Ukrainians together in a community around themes of nature, land, place and belonging | Marek Kohn
Silence, sirens and the Kupala Brighton project
The project aims to bring Ukrainians and non-Ukrainians together in a community around themes of nature, land, place and belonging
sussexbylines.co.uk
Happy May Day / Beltane to all who celebrate, and all who don't! Today we're launching our June 18 event page: tickets are now available ☀️ kupalabrighton.org/sands.html
Silence and Sirens
Silence and Sirens June 18: videos and conversation about land, people, nature and belonging.
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Happy Beltane! Welcoming in the May in our village square with the local side, Sompting Village Morris. You'll recognise this tune as Portsmouth! Living, Intangible Cultural Heritage. 🌺🏵️💐🌸🌺
Silence and Sirens. Save the date – June 18, just ahead of midsummer!
People rally round when something terrible happens: an accident, an illness, an invasion. But what do we do now that the invasion of Ukraine has changed from a sudden drama to a chronic condition? Our first blog post kupalabrighton.org/blog.html
Blog | Kupala Brighton
Posts from the Kupala Brighton project
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Welcoming the Equinox light in at La Hougue Bie. A deliberate and powerful Neolithic alignment that illuminates the burial chamber just twice a year. Very lucky to be invited to witness this prehistoric spectacle. 🏺
At La Hougue Bie, Jersey, for the Spring Equinox sunrise with the @societejersiaise. Welcoming in the lighter half of the year from a very special place. 🏺
Nature, belonging, and drones in the night: moments from our conversation at the edge of a wetland in the middle of Ukraine kupalabrighton.org/trubaitsi.html
A siren on the audio tracks and Cuyahoga playing in my head as I edited this #R.E.M.
Kupala Brighton@kupalabrighton.bsky.social · 11mo ago'I heard the air siren from the nearby village, and that was a really surreal experience, because you know that place where you grew up, running with friends, swimming in the river, herding cows, going for walks, and then that surreal sound …' youtu.be/oB_HOjDeUyQ
The sounds of war just reached deep into the Polish countryside too. Surreal experiences are often previews of a new reality. #Poland #Ukraine
Kupala Brighton@kupalabrighton.bsky.social · 11mo ago'I heard the air siren from the nearby village, and that was a really surreal experience, because you know that place where you grew up, running with friends, swimming in the river, herding cows, going for walks, and then that surreal sound …' youtu.be/oB_HOjDeUyQ
'I heard the air siren from the nearby village, and that was a really surreal experience, because you know that place where you grew up, running with friends, swimming in the river, herding cows, going for walks, and then that surreal sound …' youtu.be/oB_HOjDeUyQ
Trubaitsi: the sounds of war reach deep into the Ukrainian countryside
YouTube video by Kupala Brighton
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also on Spotify audio-only: Apple, Amazon podcasts YouTube has English subtitle option
Trubaitsi: wetland spirits and night spirits in a Ukrainian village
Spotify video
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Kupala Brighton@kupalabrighton.bsky.social · 11mo agoWe travelled to the Ukrainian village that is the deep inspiration for our project, and talked on the edge of its wetlands: about nature, childhood, imagination, the sounds of war in the air, and why places must not be stolen from people. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vx_X...
We travelled to the Ukrainian village that is the deep inspiration for our project, and talked on the edge of its wetlands: about nature, childhood, imagination, the sounds of war in the air, and why places must not be stolen from people. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vx_X...
Trubaitsi: wetland spirits and night spirits in a Ukrainian village
YouTube video by Kupala Brighton
youtube.com
We travelled to the Ukrainian village that is the deep inspiration for our project, and talked on the edge of its wetlands: about nature, childhood, imagination, the sounds of war in the air, and why places must not be stolen from people. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vx_X...
Trubaitsi: wetland spirits and night spirits in a Ukrainian village
YouTube video by Kupala Brighton
youtube.com
All these brilliant performers, and we'll be there too! Looking forward hugely to the Summer Fusion Festival at the Jubilee Library in Brighton, Sun 7 Sept, 11 – 3, free, all welcome! bestfootmusic.net/2025/07/10/s...
A week ago I was eating grapes from a Ukrainian kitchen garden (= small farm in UK city terms) and thinking I should follow the example in my own small way back home so ... rose hip syrup (too early, but best I can do) soundtrack: The Ukrainian Shelf 5: Food www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwOD...
We made it, 2700km from Brighton to the birthplace of Kupala in the middle of Ukraine! We’ll tell you all about it when we’re back in the UK
We made it, 2700km from Brighton to the birthplace of Kupala in the middle of Ukraine! We’ll tell you all about it when we’re back in the UK
'Every Motanka I make is a quiet storyteller of our homeland and our hopes for the future.' Hanna Mariienko on what making traditional #Ukrainian motanka dolls in Sussex means to her and her community. kupalabrighton.org/motanka.html
We found a new place to celebrate Kupala this midsummer, and wrote a new piece to accompany it as well 🌿 kupalabrighton.org/kupala25.html
A New Place | Kupala
A New Place
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