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The summer Solstice day- 21st of June

Nitika MehraNitika MehraUpdated 19 Jun 2021 06:48 PM IST
The summer Solstice day- 21st of June

The summer Solstice day- 21st of June,

Why this is the longest day of the year and how it's celebrated:

The summer solstice is traditionally a holiday to be associated with the onset of the warmer months and longer days ago, late sunset, and late nights in the Northern Hemisphere. In the southern half of the globe, the winter begins. The summer solstice is on the 21st of June. This year, the winter solstice falls on the day after father's day-June 20. Festivals and holidays, on the June solstice, are different in each country. The Summer Solstice festival has a very long history.

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What is the summer Solstice?

The winter Solstice is the start of astronomical summer in the Northern Hemisphere. In the end, with the fall equinox on September 22. With the summer solstice, it means that it is almost the equal to the length of the day and the night, when the Sun crosses the Equator line and is moving across the North hemisphere. At the June solstice, the Earth is positioned so that its north pole is tilted toward the Sun.

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How is the summer solstice celebrated?

For centuries, the position of the sun at certain times, how to plant or harvest, or for the execution of day to day tasks or rituals.

According to Scientific American, and the Mayans, and the Aztecs used it in the summer and winter solstices, when the markers to create structures that are the perfect fit for the shadows created by the sun. Many native american tribes consider the summer solstice to the Sun, to Dance.

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History.com It is well known that the ancient Greeks to the solstices as the monthly countdown to the start of the Olympic Games. In Sweden, the summer solstice is referred to as Instagram, and it's a holiday that is celebrated in the summer, it's the season of fertility and childbirth, according to the Swedish Institute.

Stonehenge, the formation in England, and in perfect harmony with the movement of the sun, and in both the summer and winter solstices. Although the origin of, and the reasons are not clear, Stonehenge has become one of the most popular place to observe the summer solstice.

In accordance with the timeanddate.com "In ancient China, the summer solstice was a celebration of the Earth, the feminine, yin energy. It was an addition to the Winter Solstice and the fourth heaven, masculinity, and the power of the "yang"."

In Sweden, ireland, Denmark, Norway, and Finland, the summer solstice is a time of celebration on a midsummer night. This is the point where the countries are located in the vicinity of the north Pole of the sun. People dance around the Maypole, trees, and fires. The house is lit up and decorated with violet and vanilla bean flower.

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