Myadel Regional
Executive Committee
13 July 2026
Alexander Lukashenko identified the foundation of the Belarusian cultural code and the key to understanding themselves
Rituals, songs, and crafts are the foundation of Belarusians’ cultural code and the key to understanding themselves. President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko said this at the national “Kupalle” festival (“Alexandria Gathers Friends”).
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“Kupalle is one of the most popular folk holidays. Rituals, songs, and crafts are the foundation of our cultural code, the key to understanding ourselves. By preserving them, we realise that we are not merely people living in the same territory, but a people and a nation. We find answers to important questions: who am I and wh ere do I come from?” Alexander Lukashenko said.
The President noted that Ivan Lutsevich, Belarus’ first national poet, who was born on a magical July night and adopted the symbolic pen name Yanka Kupala, gave much thought to this. “Kupalle is a dialogue across the depths of centuries, a conversation with those who came before us — those who preserved and passed on to subsequent generations everything most valuable: love for their land, the desire for peace, generosity of spirit, and diligence,” he stressed.
The head of state pointed out that Kupalle is also a family holiday. Many of those who came to the first festivals with their parents have now brought their own children. “I am especially pleased to see very young spectators. It is here, in Alexandria, that we award the winners of the family project ‘Lord of the Village.’ It is a great joy to see beautiful young couples who have chosen to live and work in the countryside, raise children, and instil in them from an early age a love of working the land. And the state will do everything to involve young people in rural life. Our Slavic states cannot exist without the countryside,” Alexander Lukashenko concluded.
