Solstice festival

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June 20 marks the summer solstice in the northern hemisphere in 2024. These unique celebrations are steeped in local culture and history.

The Winter Solstice means “Re-Birth of the Sun" or "New Beginnings.” Create a beautiful ritual which symbolizes finding the light in the darkness at home or with a group - below are three ways or ideas to hold a Winter Solstice, including Creating a Spiral of Light, and making a real wood yule log.

Stonehenge Free Festival at the summer solstice, Wiltshire, England June 21st 1979. A small group of 1970s style hippies dance together while other watch.

Kupala Night is a Slavic celebration of ancient pagan origin marking the end of the summer solstice and the beginning of the harvest (midsummer). In the western Ukrainian Lemko region and Prešov regio

Officially celebrated on February 1 at sunset, Imbolc, or Imbolg, signals the halfway point between Winter Solstice and Spring Equinox in the Northern Hemisphere. Its name derives from Celtic meaning "in the belly,” as it refers to the “just-showing” pregnancy or a stirring of new life that has just begun. At its core, this Pagan holiday is a clearing and cleansing preparing us for rebirth. Imbolc focuses on fertility and the promise of returning light in the ... Read more on the blog!

In parts of Ukraine, Belarus, Poland, and Russia, an ancient pagan rite combined with a traditional Orthodox feast to become Ivan Kupala Night, a festival celebrating the summer solstice.

Yule is one of the oldest pagan winter solstice holidays. It has been celebrated for thousands of years by various cultures, with a wide variety of rituals and traditions. This blog post will provide an