Summer Solstice Celebrations – Midsummer In The Celtic Lands

When Christianity came to Great Britain, the focus of the midsummer celebrations became the feast of St John the Baptist lying on the 24th of June. Most saint’s days mark the anniversary of their deaths, fairly over and over again as martyrs, excluding unusually the feast of St John the Baptist celebrates his alleged birthday, rather suitable as the Summer Solstice represents fertility and new early stages, not passing away and endings. Inside some parts of Britain, the conventional Midsummer Bonfires are immobile lit. The Old Cornwall Society revitalized the custom in the early 20th century and bonfires are now lit every year on top of a quantity of of the Cornish hills. Within Penzance, a weeklong festival called ‘Golowan’ starts on the Friday contiguous to St John’s Day and culminates in Mazey Day when bonfires are lit and fireworks light up and about the skies. During the Scottish Borders, the town of Peebles holds a Beltane Week, and in Wales a folk-dancing festival is held in Cardiff on the feast of St John.

So what are you going to do to celebrate the longest daylight hours of the year? Build a bonfire and allow rotten a few fireworks to celebrate the life-giving affection of the Sun and the abundance of the Earth. It is a day to make desires, cast spells and have your future divined. Just close your eyes and picture what Midsummer night was like in Great Britain a thousand existence before, with hundreds of bonfires lighting awake the summer sky beginning the north of Scotland to the tip of Cornwall. So enjoy, as the Summer Solstice is motionless a day meant for feasting, dancing and celebrations.
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