{"id":5738,"date":"2013-06-24T21:02:55","date_gmt":"2013-06-25T03:02:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=5738"},"modified":"2013-06-24T21:20:37","modified_gmt":"2013-06-25T03:20:37","slug":"celebrating-a-slavic-solstice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=5738","title":{"rendered":"Celebrating a Slavic Solstice"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The website EnglishRussia<\/em> displays photos of a group of Russians celebrating Kupalo, the summer solstice<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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