Issledovanie i tekst.115The Nativity of Saint John, on June 24, is known in Russia as Ivanov den’, or Ivan Kupala’s Day. Kupala is derived from the Slavic word for bathing, and was reinterpreted as the commemoration of St. John’s action of baptizing people through full immersion in...
If there is class distinctions on some islands, then that has come with European and missionaries, ie, Tonga Kingdom with their adoption of the European feudal system which classes their people as 'nobles' and 'commoners'. Also in the past, with the admixture of Polynesian and European, a ...