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Pagans celebrated the Summer Solstice with bonfires. After Christianity spread in Europe and other parts of the world, many pagan customs were incorporated into the Christian religion. In Slovakia, the Midsummer celebration continued, but was observed around the time of St John’s Day, on June 24, to honor St John the Baptist instead of the pagan gods. Zuzana Kovacicova spoke with ethnologist Katarina Nadaska about June traditions. And because the month of June is also dedicated to East Slavic Ethnicity called The RUSYNS, which has a long and rich tradition, which many Slovaks admire, they also talk about The Rusyn people of Slovakia. - Pohania oslavovali letný slnovrat vatrami. A mnohé pohanské tradície sa aj po príchode kresťanstva do Európy a iných častí sveta naďalej zachovávajú. Na Slovensku bola zvlášť silná “Svätojánska tradícia”, okolo sviatku Svätého Jána, 24.júna. Namiesto pohanských bohov si však kresťania uctievajú svätého Jána Krstiteľa. Zuzana Kovačičová hovorila s etnologičkou Katarínou Nádaskou