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 on | + | When Christianity came to Great Britain, the focus of the midsummer celebrations became the feast of St John the Baptist lying on the 24th of June. Most saint’s days mark the anniversary of their deaths, fairly time and again as martyrs, excluding unusually the feast of St John the Baptist celebrates his alleged birthday, rather suitable as the Summer Solstice represents fertility and innovative early stages, not bereavement and endings. Inside some parts of Britain, the customary Midsummer Bonfires are motionless lit. The Old Cornwall Society revived the custom in the premature 20th century and bonfires are now lit all year on top of a few of the Cornish hills. During Penzance, a weeklong festival called ‘Golowan’ starts on the Friday contiguous to St John’s Day and culminates in Mazey Day when bonfires are lit and fireworks light awake 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 do to celebrate the greatest daylight of the year? Build a bonfire and let rancid a number of fireworks to celebrate the life-giving warmness of the Sun and the abundance of the Earth. It is a day to create desires, cast spells and have your future divined. Just close your eyes and picture what Midsummer night was like in Great Britain a thousand being previously, with hundreds of bonfires lighting up and about the summer sky beginning the north of Scotland to the tip of Cornwall. So enjoy, as the Summer Solstice is unmoving a day designed for feasting, dancing and celebrations.<br>Best Regards - [http://www.midsummerxx.co.uk/ midsummer] - m1dsumm3rxx |