Kupala Night is the festival of Summer solstice, magic rites and mysteries – is one of the most favorite events among the people of all the ages. During the Kupala Night both young and elderly people make the dearest wishes and set their hopes for the soon fulfillment. The youth tend to look forward to participating in the festival with special excitement. The program of the festival includes the rite for the fulfilment of desires, folk games, dances, glorifying of married couples, boating, midsummer porrige, Novgorod fish soup, the Arrow rite, making the Kupala Night fire, ritual round dances, rites of purification by water and fire. In 2019 the holiday takes place on the Ilmen Lake coast. You can get to this event venue by bus or by your car.