On Ivan Kupala Day

Two nude women with pale skin stand at the center of a dense nocturnal forest scene, flanked by richly costumed and masked folk figures, a horse-headed figure crowned with flowers, and a laughing bearded man. Below them a woman's face rests half-submerged among floating roses, apples, and small painted dolls, while a bird perches on a branch at right.

Deep blue-greens and blacks dominate the forest background, against which the figures' garments are covered in dense, flat gold and jewel-toned ornament recalling embroidered textile pattern. Pale luminous skin tones stand out sharply from the saturated decorative surfaces, and the crowded, symmetrical arrangement gives the nocturnal gathering a hushed, ritual atmosphere.