Summer Solstice Celebrations – Midsummer In The Celtic Lands

HowardIFZD — Sat, 13 Jul 2013 15:42:41 GMT

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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, pretty over and over again as martyrs, other than unusually the feast of St John the Baptist celebrates his alleged birthday, fairly apt as the Summer Solstice represents fertility and new early period, not loss and endings. Within some parts of Britain, the customary Midsummer Bonfires are unmoving lit. The Old Cornwall Society revived the custom in the premature 20th century and bonfires are currently lit all year resting on a number of of the Cornish hills. During Penzance, a weeklong festival called ‘Golowan’ starts on the Friday adjoining to St John’s Day and culminates in Mazey Day when bonfires are lit and fireworks light awake the skies. Within 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. So what are you going to accomplish to celebrate the longest daytime of the year? Build a bonfire and allow sour a few fireworks to celebrate the life-giving heat of the Sun and the abundance of the Earth. It is a day to make desires, cast spells and have your future divined. Just shut your eyes and picture what Midsummer night was like in Great Britain a thousand existence back, with hundreds of bonfires lighting up and about the summer sky as of the north of Scotland to the tip of Cornwall. So enjoy, as the Summer Solstice is immobile a day designed for feasting, dancing and celebrations. Best Regards - [http://www.midsummerxx.co.uk/ http://www.midsummerxx.co.uk] - m1dsumm3rxx

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HowardIFZD — Sat, 13 Jul 2013 15:42:34 GMT

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