Ladodenie
March 30 · Level 1 · #2195 of 2238
Ladodenie is a spring celebration found in some modern Slavic pagan calendars. It is associated with Lada, love and harmony within the family. Practices vary between communities, and the festival should not be treated as a securely reconstructed ancient tradition.
How it is celebrated: some groups welcome spring with songs, circle dances and a shared meal. Each community shapes the gathering according to its own customs rather than following a universal ceremony.
Scholars debate whether ancient Slavs worshipped Lada as a goddess at all. One explanation traces the figure to song refrains that later writers interpreted as the name of a deity.