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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.
On 4 May 1990. Latvia proclaimed its independence from the USSR, and restoration of the Republic of Latvia. If the day is on the weekend the next Monday is a holiday. 23 June: Midsummer's Eve: Līgo diena: 24 June: Midsummer's Day: Jāņi: 18 November: Proclamation Day of the Republic of Latvia: Latvijas Republikas proklamēšanas diena
Māras or Māra Day (Latvian: Māras diena; sometimes referred to as the Great Māra Day or Mother Day) was a Latvian festival, devoted to Māra, an ancient deity, and was celebrated on 15 August. According to the solar calendar, Māras marks the midpoint between Jāņi , which is summer solstice , and Miķeļi , which represents the end of the ...
View history; General What links here ... Jani may refer to: Jani (given name) Jani (surname) Jani, Iran, a village; Jāņi, a Latvian summer solstice festival; Jani ...
Latvian Song and Dance Festival in Latvian folk costumes. There are two distinct types of Latvian national costume, based on the historic period in which they arose: the "ancient dress" period from the 7th to 13th century, and the "ethnic" or "ethnographic dress" period from the 18th and 19th centuries. [2]
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.
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The Latvian name of this holiday is Apjumības or Appļāvības, [1] because this day was the last one when grains could have been harvested. A characteristic Miķeļdiena pagan ritual was finding Jumis, through which farmers sought to ensure the fertility of the fields in the coming year. The Miķeļi's house was considered to be pine forest's ...