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Of Wreaths and Pagan Rituals: All About the Summer Solstice

1,858 views · Published 21 June 2017 · 1:11 · Indexed 14 November 2026

Channel: The Quint · 2017 · News & Politics

While the summer solstice has tremendous astronomical significance attached to it, countries around the world also celebrate the solstice with various rituals. 
The Stonehenge in England is a very popular haunt on this day, with modern-day druids assembling in large numbers to celebrate what they consider ‘the most auspicious day’ of the year. 
In Latvia, the locals commemorate the day as Jāņi, where people travel into the countryside to eat, drink and revel in celebrations under the open-air. In Estonia, the day is marked as a change in the farming year.
In Poland, people gather by the shore of lake Wisla in Krakow, and let wreaths flow in the water.

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Of Wreaths and Pagan Rituals: All About the Summer Solstice

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