Editing Ynglism (section)

====Holidays====
Ynglists respect eight holidays throughout the year.<ref name="Derzhavarus-kologod"/> They are arranged in the cycle of the year, symbolically identified as the ''[[Alatyr (mythology)|Alatyr]]'', and they correspond to the eight gods (laws) of Yngly reflected by the cycle of the Sun.<ref name="Derzhavarus-kologod"/> Holidays are called "thresholds" (порог, ''porog'') and they mark the beginning of the various phases of the year.<ref name="Derzhavarus-kologod"/> The action of each god begins to influence nature two weeks before the entry in each new phase, and in these two weeks of "entrance to the holiday" the Ynglists purify themselves in both mind and body.<ref name="Derzhavarus-kologod"/> There are also overarching phases: the phase between the holidays of Kolyada and Kupalo is that of the blossoming of masculine forces, while the phase between Lelya and Mokosh is that of the blossoming of feminine forces.<ref name="Derzhavarus-kologod"/> The threshold of Perun marks a period of quiescence of all forces, while the subsequent Mara is a phase that is unfavourable for both the polarities of nature.<ref name="Derzhavarus-kologod"/> Each holiday and the period which it opens has appropriate ritual actions to be carried out in order to remain in tune with the cycle of the year.<ref name="Derzhavarus-kologod"/> The Ynglists believe that if one behaves incorrectly, that is to say not in harmony with the rites (ряд, ''ryad'') which follow the natural rhythm of the year, his own biorhythm, connection with the ancestors, and life cycle are disrupted, he becomes unhealthy and gets old quickly.<ref name="Derzhavarus-kologod"/>

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| '''Kolyada''' || Winter solstice. This is the threshold that marks the beginning of the spiral of the new year and the birth of the Sun. Everything is given the opportunity to be reborn in purified forms, and forces are ready for expanding into new creations. Men are instructed by ancestors on how to project the new year.<ref name="Derzhavarus-kologod"/> || December
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| '''Veles''' || Veles is the god of the underworld, of wild animals and plants, and of the fertile soil from which new growth may develop. The Veles threshold marks the period in which one should think how to interact with natural laws and resources in order to bring his projects to completion.<ref name="Derzhavarus-kologod"/> || February
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| '''Lelya''' || Spring equinox. The Lelya threshold marks the beginning of the period when masculine and feminine forces are perfectly aligned, love blossoms and they begin to exchange energies with each other. Men and women dance in circles, the former clockwise and the latter counterclockwise, so to look into the eyes of each other; energy is believed to be transmitted through the eyes and the hands. This is also the phase for putting projects into matter.<ref name="Derzhavarus-kologod"/> || March–April
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| '''Yarilo''' || The Yarilo threshold marks the phase when powers sprout vehemently, ardently (яриться, ''yaritsya''). In nature, everything starts to grow powerfully. This is the right time for merrymaking, games and feasts, and is a period of great inspiration and creativity.<ref name="Derzhavarus-kologod"/> || May–mid June
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| '''Kupalo''' || Summer solstice. This is the threshold when the Sun reaches its brightest stage, and forces, both masculine and feminine, reach their highest strength. It marks the beginning of the phase when it is more likely for healthy children to be conceived.<ref name="Derzhavarus-kologod"/> || Mid June–July
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| '''Perun''' || This is the threshold that marks the full maturity of males, but also the beginning of the decline of masculine forces, while women are in bloom. On the day of Perun men show their skills with weapons and in crafts, while afterwards they dedicate themselves to contemplation, hunting and fishing. On the same day, boys undergo a ritual of initiation into men.<ref name="Derzhavarus-kologod"/> || August
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| '''Mokosh''' || Autumn equinox. Mokosh is the goddess of fate. This threshold marks a phase of introspection, as the year is coming to its end. Men examine their actions carried out during the outgoing year, in order to be transformed for the forthcoming year. The day of Mokosh is celebrated with a ritual consisting in taking a handful of soil, reckoning an action, be it good or bad, and giving it back to the Earth forming a raised circle of soil, then lighting a "bonfire of fate" or a candle in such circle which will purify all the year's actions. Another ritual with the same meaning consists of hanging a thread to the branch of a tree and then walking around the tree, men clockwise and women counterclockwise, twisting a spiral while shouting out what happened during the year.<ref name="Derzhavarus-kologod"/> || September–October
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| '''Mara''' || This threshold marks the death of the Sun and the triumph of the chthonic goddess Marena, the primordial mother. Sensitive people are tendentially depressed in this phase. However, things die only in body, while thought continues to work and concentrates to be reborn in the new year. This makes this phase propitious for study and understanding divine knowledge.<ref name="Derzhavarus-kologod"/> || November
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