{"id":559032,"date":"2026-07-12T11:39:46","date_gmt":"2026-07-12T08:39:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reform.news\/?p=559032"},"modified":"2026-07-12T12:06:04","modified_gmt":"2026-07-12T09:06:04","slug":"reality-or-a-plant-notice-banning-kupalle-celebrations-appears-in-village-near-vitsyebsk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/reality-or-a-plant-notice-banning-kupalle-celebrations-appears-in-village-near-vitsyebsk","title":{"rendered":"Reality or a &#8220;Plant&#8221;? Notice Banning Kupalle Celebrations Appears in Village Near Vitsyebsk"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p>A notice banning Kupalle celebrations has appeared in the village of Lyatokhi near Vitsyebsk. Posted on an official notice board, it is addressed to village residents and summer-house owners from nearby gardening cooperatives, <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/vicspring\/5618\">Vitsyebskaya Viasna writes<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The notice is being widely discussed on social media, with opinions divided. Some believe that such bans by the police are absurd but entirely plausible, recalling a recent case in which people in Minsk were <a href=\"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/group-of-18-detained-in-minsk-over-picnic-in-a-park\">detained for having a picnic in a park<\/a>. Others claim it is a &#8220;set-up&#8221; and an &#8220;opposition fake&#8221;, arguing that such a thing simply could not happen in Belarus, where Kupalle has been celebrated for centuries.<\/p>\n<p>According to the outlet, people have owned summer houses in the area for several decades, are friends with one another and hold celebrations together.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_559014\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-559014\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/photo_2026-07-11_21-47-48.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-559014 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/photo_2026-07-11_21-47-48.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"876\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/photo_2026-07-11_21-47-48.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/photo_2026-07-11_21-47-48-300x219.jpg 300w, https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/photo_2026-07-11_21-47-48-768x561.jpg 768w, https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/photo_2026-07-11_21-47-48-548x400.jpg 548w, https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/photo_2026-07-11_21-47-48-1096x800.jpg 1096w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-559014\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: t.me\/vicspring<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A notice banning Kupalle celebrations has appeared in the village of Lyatokhi near Vitsyebsk. Posted on an official notice board, it is addressed to village residents and summer-house owners from nearby gardening cooperatives, Vitsyebskaya Viasna writes. The notice is being widely discussed on social media, with opinions divided. Some believe that such bans by the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":119,"featured_media":559031,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sharing_image":{"poster":"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/6a535900555f4.jpg","width":1200,"height":630,"template":"691142dd","mode":"auto"},"_sharing_image_fieldset":{"dTVKfmI95PYT":"Reality or a \u00abPlant\u00bb? 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