Summer Solstice Celebrations – Midsummer In The Celtic Lands

When Christianity came to Great Britain, the focus of the midsummer celebrations became the feast of St John the Baptist resting on the 24th of June. Most saint’s days mark the anniversary of their deaths, rather time and again as martyrs, except unusually the feast of St John the Baptist celebrates his alleged birthday, pretty apt as the Summer Solstice represents fertility and innovative early stages, not bereavement and endings. During some parts of Britain, the customary Midsummer Bonfires are motionless lit. The Old Cornwall Society revived the custom in the early 20th century and bonfires are now lit each year resting on a number of of the Cornish hills. Within 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 out of bed the skies. During the Scottish Borders, the town of Peebles holds a Beltane Week, and in Wales a folk-dancing festival is apprehended 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 allow sour a few fireworks to celebrate the life-giving affection of the Sun and the abundance of the Earth. It is a day to make needs, cast spells and have your future divined. Just close your eyes and picture what Midsummer night was like in Great Britain a thousand time before, with hundreds of bonfires lighting awake the summer sky beginning the north of Scotland to the tip of Cornwall. So enjoy, as the Summer Solstice is motionless a day meant for feasting, dancing and celebrations.<br>Best Regards - [http://midsummerxx.co.uk/ midsummer] - m1dsumm3rxx