She looks as though she stepped out of a midsummer night from long ago. Perhaps she did.
Kupala Night is an ancient Slavic celebration filled with flowers, fire, water, music, and a little magic. Young women traditionally wove wreaths of flowers and herbs and set them floating on the water to see what the future might bring.
Here at The Sojourner, where Amy has spent more than three decades traveling the globe in search of authentic, handmade treasures from diverse cultures, Kupala seems perfectly at home. And she isn’t alone. Bird Girl has traveled with her, surrounded by branches, birds, and a little magic of her own.
At The Sojourner, everything has come from somewhere. These two just happen to have traveled a little farther than most.