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Jāņi is an annual Latvian festival celebrating the summer solstice. Although, astronomically the solstice falls on the 21st or 22nd of June, the public holidays—Līgo Day and Jāņi Day—are on the 23rd and 24th of June. The day before Jāņi is known as Līgosvētki, Līgovakars or simply known as Līgo. [1]
Jāņi cheese (Latvian: Jāņu siers) is a Latvian sour milk cheese, traditionally eaten on Jāņi, the Latvian celebration of the summer solstice. Nowadays the cheese has become one of the symbols of Latvian culture .
The name "midsummer" mainly refers to summer solstice festivals of European origin. In these cultures it is traditionally regarded as the middle of summer, with the season beginning on May Day. [9] Although the summer solstice falls on 20, 21 or 22 June in the Northern Hemisphere, it was traditionally reckoned to fall on 23–24 June in much of ...
The summer solstice welcomes the first official day of summer. Find out about the science of the solstice and well as its pagan roots and celebrations of fertility.
Xiàzhì is the 10th solar term, and marks the summer solstice, [1] in the traditional Chinese lunisolar calendar dividing a year into 24 solar terms. [2]It begins when the Sun reaches the celestial longitude of 90° and ends when it reaches the longitude of 105°.
On the summer solstice, when the northern tilt is closest to the sun, we have the longest day, usually June 20 or 21. ... Traditional foods include tang yuan, sweet rice balls with a black sesame ...
The summer solstice is the longest day of the year In New York City, for example, the sun will rise on Thursday at 5:24 a.m. and set at 8:30 p.m., meaning that there will be 15 hours and 5 minutes ...
Bealtaine (anglicised as 'Beltane') (/ ˈ b ɛ l. t eɪ n /; Irish pronunciation: [ˈbʲal̪ˠt̪ˠəʲnə], approximately / ˈ b (j) ɒ l t ɪ n ə / B(Y)OL-tin-ə) [5] [6] is the Gaelic May Day festival, marking the beginning of summer. It is traditionally held on 1 May, or about midway between the spring equinox and summer solstice.