๐You see my braid in my music video, but do you know it's cultural significance? .
. [In Russian culture] "it was believed that women with long beautiful hair possessed magical properties, good intuition, and strong connection to the non-material world and that in a braid powerful energy was preserved and kept under control....Young unmarried girls wore one braid in the back which was believed to nourish girls' vital energy through her spine."
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Although I'm only 1/8 Russian, it's one of the only identities I knew about myself since I grew up without parents. My great grandma told me she was not allowed to learn Russian because her (American) father was afraid she would grow up with an accent. So unfortunately, the language and culture was never passed on.
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๐จ"ON TO THE NEXT" music video out NOW!๐จ๐ Link in Bio ๐
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