Summer Solstice Celebrations – Midsummer In The Celtic Lands
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- | When Christianity came to Great Britain, the focus of the midsummer celebrations became the feast of St John the Baptist | + | When Christianity came to Great Britain, the focus of the midsummer celebrations became the feast of St John the Baptist on top of the 24th of June. Most saint’s days mark the anniversary of their deaths, fairly frequently as martyrs, except unusually the feast of St John the Baptist celebrates his alleged birthday, fairly apt as the Summer Solstice represents fertility and innovative first phase, not bereavement and endings. During some parts of Britain, the customary Midsummer Bonfires are motionless lit. The Old Cornwall Society revitalized the custom in the premature 20th century and bonfires are now lit all year on top of a few of the Cornish hills. Within Penzance, a weeklong festival called ‘Golowan’ starts on the Friday nearby to St John’s Day and culminates in Mazey Day when bonfires are lit and fireworks light up and about the skies. During the Scottish Borders, the town of Peebles holds a Beltane Week, and in Wales a folk-dancing festival is held in Cardiff on the feast of St John.<br><br>So what are you going to perform to celebrate the longest daylight hours of the year? Build a bonfire and allow sour a quantity of fireworks to celebrate the life-giving warmness of the Sun and the abundance of the Earth. It is a day to make desires, cast spells and have your future divined. Just close your eyes and picture what Midsummer night was like in Great Britain a thousand time back, with hundreds of bonfires lighting up and about the summer sky on or after the north of Scotland to the tip of Cornwall. So enjoy, as the Summer Solstice is unmoving a day meant for feasting, dancing and celebrations.<br>Best Regards - [http://midsummerxx.co.uk/ http://www.midsummerxx.co.uk/] - m1dsumm3rxx |