Ireland sees it as a midsummer festival and a time to celebrate historical sites, the arts, and culture. The importance of Summer Solstice ties ... in Ireland since pagan times and they continue ...

The cultural celebration lives on, providing a valuable showcase of Indigenous music, art ... both religious and pagan, come from near and far to celebrate the summer solstice in view of this ...

The summer solstice is upon us and the longest ... Traditional pre-Christian pagan solstice celebrations included lighting and jumping over magnificent bonfires on Midsummer’s Eve.

Some of their monuments were aligned to precisely mark the summer solstice light (looking at you Stonehenge).Pagan celebrations of the day carry on into modern times. Events include gatherings at ...

Now, the winter solstice, Saturday, Dec. 21st, is upon us. It will be both the shortest day and longest night of 2024. The solstice also marks the start of the Pagan holiday, Yule, according to ...

From then onwards the days become increasingly long leading up to the Summer Solstice ... to weaken established pagan celebrations that occurred around the Winter Solstice. The date wouldn ...

In Sweden, the summer solstice is marked with Midsummer celebrations, as citizens enjoy the end of a long winter with assorted pagan traditions, according to the Swedish Institute. People start ...

The summer solstice is when the sun reaches its highest point in the sky. Following the solstice, the days gradually begin to get shorter until the winter solstice, the shortest day of the year.