Summer solstice traditions and customs

    • [PDF File]PDF Join us as we celebrate the Winter Solstice

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      monuments is still debated, their importance on the winter solstice continues to this day with thousands of people gathering to witness and celebrate the solstice sunrise or sunset. Out of the ancient winter solstice celebrations and rituals came many of the most well-known Christmas traditions.


    • [PDF File]PDF Pagan Christmas .com

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      AT THE TIME OF THE SUMMER SOLSTICE, JUNE 2003. C THE ETHNOBOTANY OF CHRISTMAS Our ancestors are the worldly essences: water, salt, and acid. They live within us, and ... brings together traditions, ideas, and customs from all over the world and from all times. Christmas is


    • [PDF File]PDF POLISH FESTIVALS AND TRATIDIONS

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      Polish Festivals and Traditions Special days Name's day Traditionally, name day celebrations (Polish: imieniny) have often enjoyed a celebratory emphasis greater than that of birthday celebrations in Poland. However, birthday celebrations are increasingly popular and important, particularly among the young generation.


    • [DOC File]DOC Holidays Centered Around the Winter Solstice - VirtualAvenue

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      Since ancient times, people have celebrated the solstice and observed it with many different cultural and religious traditions. Some of them survive to the present day—though not always in the form you might expect. In the Northern Hemisphere, the winter solstice always occurs on or about December 21 and marks the beginning of the winter season.


    • [PDF File]PDF Shirley Kinney-Solstice Traditions

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      SOLSTICE TRADITIONS Shirley Kinney December 23, 2001 OPENING - I light this flame to honor the eternal light of Midwinter. May its warmth remind us of the Summer, and may its brightness be a guiding star to all kindly spirits who bless this season and this place with their presence. Christmas time poses a dilemma for Unitarians.


    • [PDF File]PDF SEASONS OF

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      Winter Solstice to be part of a sacred thirteenth month when time stood still. VOCABULARY WORDS: . Calendar - a system for dividing up a period of time (usually a year) Culture - the art, customs, beliefs and so on shared by a particular group of people Fast - to refrain from eating Miracle - something that is impossible, but happens anyway


    • [PDF File]PDF AstroUpdate June 2011 Winter Solstice - Stella Starwoman

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      AstroUpdate - June 2011 ... From midwinter to the summer solstice six months later, the nights would grow shorter and the days longer. Many of the customs associated with ... Other traditions record this as the time that a saviour or sun-child is born to a virgin mother.


    • [PDF File]PDF Canada's Cultural Imprints

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      Canada's Cultural Imprints CHAPTER 9 Toronto's annual Caribana Parade and festival ... Customs and Traditions . Cultural customs and traditions come directly from core values. In ... The summer solstice—the longest day for the Northern


    • [PDF File]PDF Winter Solstice Ritual Copyright Stella Woods

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      knowing the challenges of finding food and keeping warm. The midwinter solstice was a vital turning point in the seasonal calendar, marking the longest night of the year and from midwinter to the summer solstice six months later, the nights would grow shorter and the days longer. Many of the customs associated with the winter


    • [PDF File]PDF Fire, Foliage and Fury: Vestiges of Midsummer Ritual in ...

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      to well-known traditions associated with the pagan festival of Midsummer, the celebration of the summer solstice. Allusions to popular solstitial practices including the lighting of bonfires and the public criticism of authority, in addition to the cultural awareness of the sun's power on this day, conspicuously


    • [PDF File]PDF Trees for Life - Mythology and Folklore of the Holly

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      Trees for Life - Mythology and Folklore of the Holly 12/25/12 8:07 PM ... Christmas brings with it many traditions and it is ... In Celtic mythology the Holly King was said to rule over the half of the year from the summer to the winter solstice, at which time the Oak King defeated the Holly ...


    • [DOC File]DOC Summer Solstice 21/12/2006

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      by Alison Kerr, PhD, Labyrinth Facilitator, "Reviresco", Twyford, New Zealand. It seems appropriate with the fiery temperatures we have had this week that Summer Solstice is a time to honour Mahuika, the Maori fire goddess who held the power in her flaming fingernails until Maui came to steal it.


    • [PDF File]PDF Pagans Pioneers: Celebrating the Summer Solstice in Casper ...

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      European summer solstice traditions.[11] At Crimson Dawn, children would gather small stones and pebbles, and Neal Forsling would read them like crystal balls, telling the children's futures.[12] Midsummer's Eve was also associated with lovers and fertility, and the preference for June


    • [PDF File]PDF A Manx tradition for the start of August - Culture Vannin

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      A Manx tradition for the start of August A collection of historical resources. 2 A. W. Moore Folk Lore of the Isle of Man (1891) _____ The name was probably originally associated with the Celtic god Lug or Lieu, as he is ... its summer solstice.' The fair has disappeared; but the ancient ...


    • [PDF File]PDF Oregon Parks and Recreation Department

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      "The designation recognizes those traditions that have helped define the state," said Eric Martin, the commission's chair. "This event truly celebrates what is local heritage in Oregon." The Astoria Scandinavian Midsummer Festival started in 1968 as a celebration of the summer solstice and all things Scandinavian on Oregon's North ...


    • [PDF File]PDF Why Christians Don't Celebrate New Year's

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      Why Christians Don't Celebrate NEW YEAR'S. 2 excitement? What could be wrong with ... or the winter or summer solstice. In Egypt, for example, beginning about 2773 BC, the year began with the ... God Hates All Pagan Customs and Traditions—Including New Year's


    • [PDF File]PDF TRADITIONS AND TRANSFORMATIONS OF THE RITUAL YEAR - Folklore

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      TRADITIONS AND TRANSFORMATIONS OF THE RITUAL YEAR The 11th Annual International Conference1 of the SIEF ... were actually no presentations that would not fit into calendric and life cycle customs. ... during the summer solstice is intentionally reconstructed.


    • [PDF File]PDF Romanian Customs and Traditions

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      SUMMER CUSTOMS AND TRADITIONS . Around the summer solstice and coinciding with the Christian celebrations of Rusalii and St. John Day's, Romanians traditionally practiced two ritual ceremonies dedicated to good crops and land ... ROMANIAN CUSTOMS AND TRADITIONS ...


    • [PDF File]PDF TRADITIONS AND TRANSFORMATIONS OF THE RITUAL YEAR

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      TRADITIONS AND TRANSFORMATIONS OF THE RITUAL YEAR ... were actually no presentations that would not fit into calendric and life cycle customs. At the official opening ceremony, after the welcoming words of the conference organ- ... during the summer solstice is intentionally reconstructed.


    • [PDF File]PDF Bulgarian water customs and traditions calendar

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      Bulgarian water customs and traditions calendar ... the summer solstice, and more specifically the Northern European celebrations that accompany the actual solstice or take place on a day between June 21 and June 25 and the preceding evening. The exact dates vary between different


    • [PDF File]PDF The Temple of the Sun at Machu Picchu - NBC Learn

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      "The Temple of the Sun at Machu Picchu." Matt Lauer, correspondent. ... our summer solstice--the sun as it rises above a mountain across the valley would shine ... "Where in the World",Machu Picchu,Peru,Peruvian,Inca,Inka,Empire,Temple of the Sun,Worship,Religion,Beliefs,Customs,Sacred,Rock ...


    • [PDF File]PDF Year of Cultural

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      and traditions deeply rooted in their history. This is why many ... in Berga and the Fire and Summer Solstice festivals. Since the times of the first Greek and Roman settlements, Catalonia ... Cultural legacy includes language, customs,


    • [PDF File]PDF Common Elements Among European Customs - Inca Project

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      COMMON ELEMENTS AMONG EUROPEAN CUSTOMS . CUSTOMS- TITLES UNITED ... summer solstice in Germany. But some people make bonfires. Takes place all over ... traditions. Every 5 years in Estonia a very big Folk Song and Dance Celebration


    • [PDF File]PDF The modern twists on an ancient sun festival

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      the summer solstice. This is the day each year when the Earth's northern hemisphere is exposed to the most sunlight. The UK is predicted to enjoy 16 hours and 38 minutes of sunshine. While this may be an opportunity for more fun in the sun, solstice customs have a long history. Approximately 5,000 years ago the immense monoliths of Stonehenge ...


    • [PDF File]PDF Christmas & Holiday Traditions around the World Holiday ...

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      Christmas & Holiday Traditions around the World ... I will concede that there is one school of thought that does have it being a solstice holiday (the first day can be anywhere from November 28 to December 27). ... falls in mid-summer, so that's where a lot of the fun happens. Funnily enough all ...


    • [PDF File]PDF Yule Traditions and History - Meetup

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      Yule Traditions and History Yule, sometimes pronounced "you all" or "jol" is the Winter Solstice, the shortest day and the longest night of the year. Yule in Old Norse means "Feast" or "Wheel". In the old Almanacs, the symbol of a wheel was used to mark Yuletide.


    • [PDF File]PDF Wicca - University of Missouri-St. Louis

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      • Modern Wicca entered the public eye in 1954 when Gerald Gardner published a book titled High Magic's Aid - Gardner claimed much of the information he gained from a Wiccan coven that he joined in 1939 and this coven descended from old Wicca. - Wicca originally began with the Celtic culture. - Isolated Wiccancovens have survived


    • [PDF File]PDF Traditions and Customs in Great Britain

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      Traditions and Customs in Great Britain . January New Year's Day ... summer. Children dance around the maypole and sing songs. ... built gardens. Midsummer Day June 24 Summer solstice. People stay up until midnight to welcome in midsummer day. When the fires die down, men run or jump through ...


    • Flutes, Festivities, and Fragmented Tradition: A Study of the ...

      Flutes, Festivities, and Fragmented Tradition: A Study of the Meaning of Music in Otavalo ... Brenna C., "Flutes, Festivities, and Fragmented Tradition: A Study of the Meaning of Music in Otavalo" (2012).Master's Theses. 50. ... summer solstice festival sites, and instrument stores.


    • [PDF File]PDF Danish Culture and Traditions

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      pagan customs with Christian elements. Simply put, it is the celebration of midsummer or summer solstice, a time of great bounty and fertility. Many Scandinavian countries celebrate midsummer, but in Denmark, it is known as Sankt Hans Aften (St. John's Eve) and the traditions surrounding the celebration are unique to Danish people. The feast of


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