Europ Express

Trying to put Europe together, from Brighton

[Europ Express @ClubEuXpress]

@gairdunlop So hard to choose. Harmonium with bagpipe solo perhaps?

[Europ Express @ClubEuXpress]

@gairdunlop can you do our theme tune too pls? 🙂

[Stand for Ukraine | Brighton & Hove UA community @S4UBnh]

The group of Brighton&Hove-based Ukrainian volunteers who work to collect and deliver humanitarian aid decided to join all their fundraiser projects under the single name, The Ray of Hope.
#newblogpost https://t.co/ZKmPygkxdu

[Stand for Ukraine | Brighton & Hove UA community @S4UBnh]

Join our Ukrainian community to mark the 32nd anniversary of Ukraine`s independence Saturday,
26 August 2023, 4 p.m.-8 p.m. at Preston Park %28Clock Tower location%29.

The event is open to all.
#newblogpost https://t.co/sx7BtXZAud

[Sue Matthias @suematthias]

Wonderful event for #Ukraine in Brighton last weekend. Forest spirits - and so much hope and solidarity - were everywhere!
https://t.co/QDAPgQpPFb

[Kupala Brighton @KupalaBrighton]

A restless forest spirit at Kupala in Brighton: Mavka
https://t.co/EzRmsrJssb

[Kupala Brighton @KupalaBrighton]

A restless river spirit at Kupala in Brighton: Rusalka
https://t.co/n60L2dE5t8

[Kupala Brighton @KupalaBrighton]

Still not over #KupalaBrighton!

It was such an amazing day full of laughter and tears, full of magic and traditions, full of children's smiles, dances, music, and so much more. Thank you, everyone, for coming to and for being a part of such a great festival!

Lots of love,
Vlada

[Kupala Brighton @KupalaBrighton]

Happy #KupalaBrighton!

This is THE DAY, everyone! #IvanaKupala is happening today from 4 till 8 pm in Preston Park near the Clock Tower

See you there! 🤩

[Kupala Brighton @KupalaBrighton]

Last year, lost and broken, but still willing to save our traditions, newly arrived Ukrainian refugees organized a festival that turned out to be such a special thing for everybody. You came to support us and we were there to share our culture with you. https://t.co/YAv5S3dDqr

[Kupala Brighton @KupalaBrighton]

Ukraine's Ivana Kupala festival is named after St John the Baptist, but apart from that it's a pagan tradition. Here are your key Kupala details, ahead of Sunday's celebration in Preston Park, #Brighton. https://t.co/0j9f5aG9U5

[Kupala Brighton @KupalaBrighton]

'A few days before the celebration we would go looking for wildflowers. We'd pray that they wouldn’t wilt and that they'd bloom by the time we needed them to make a wreath.' Lesya Kyrylenko

Same. Will the St John's Wort hold out till St John's – Ivana – festival?

[Kupala Brighton @KupalaBrighton]

Come to Ivana Kupala in Preston Park #Brighton on Sunday, and take a look around our website beforehand to see what it's all about 💐 💙💛https://t.co/JfRvIApQXR

[Kupala Brighton @KupalaBrighton]

Lesya and her daughter Vika from our Ukrainian community of #Brighton and Hove invite you to celebrate #IvanaKupala with us on Sunday, the 9th of July, in Preston Park.
"Ivana Kupala is one of the three most important holidays of the year for my family." Lesya Kyrylenko

[Kupala Brighton @KupalaBrighton]

In Ukraine, people light fires and throw flowers into rivers at Ivana Kupala midsummer festivals.
There aren't any rivers in Preston Park, #Brighton, and lighting fires isn't allowed.
So it won't look like this on Sunday. But it will be beautiful 💙💛

[Kupala Brighton @KupalaBrighton]

'Since last year, we celebrate Ivana Kupala in Preston Park. On that wonderful day, Preston Park will become Ukrainian. I'm really delighted that my son will be able to learn about Ivana Kupala traditions, and be with Ukrainians during this difficult moment.' Olya Golichenko

[Kupala Brighton @KupalaBrighton]

'In Ukraine we celebrate Ivana Kupala somewhere by the river or somewhere where we can make fire, but we don't have any rivers here, and we can't make fires in Preston Park. But Preston Park has welcomed us with open arms, and it has become a home for us all.' Vladyslava Bondar

[Kupala Brighton @KupalaBrighton]

#Brighton & Hove's #Ukrainian community will celebrate the Ivana Kupala midsummer festival in Preston Park on Sunday 9 July, 4–8pm. Everybody's invited and all ages will be welcome! https://t.co/Gy9NnYQeRk