Jāņi

The costumes act as ceremonial objects, transforming the performers into carriers of memory and myth. Drawing from ritual traditions of the Caucasus, the work reclaims procession as both a spiritual and political act – a collective movement through history, grief, and resistance. Within the context of decolonial and anti-imperialist struggles, the piece reflects on how bodies gather, persist, and move forward together. The procession becomes a space of shared presence, where archetypes are not fixed symbols but shifting forces, shaped by lived experience and collective memory.