[Leica] Summer Solstice celebration - Nathan

[Philippe]

St John’s day is also celbrated with bonfires here (France) - a long standing tradition. Is this what you call midsummer?

Some interesting pyres there, usually built by the local fire brigade (mostly volunteers).
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Philippe



> Le 22 juin 2018 à 18:26, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> a écrit :
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> Very nice document indeed. I have always found it curious that this very Scandinavian (or at least Northern European) holiday is such a bid deal in Spain, where the difference between winter and summer in terms of length of day is much less extreme, and given that midsummer is not celebrated in most of the countries in-between Spain and Scandinavia—not in France, not in Belgium, not in Germany etc. Maybe my wild ancestors brought the habit with them when the sailed up the Guadalquivir river in the 800s ;-)
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> Un abrazo,
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>> On 20 Jun 2018, at 01:29, Lluis Ripoll via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> wrote:
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>> The night of the 23th. June is a longtime tradition, the celebration of the Summer Solstice in all the Catalan Countries, with fire, fire works and dancing. The 24th. June is a holiday day, it is the St. John Day. In the small village of Sant Pere de Ribes in the Region called “El Garraf” (Catalonia) it was prepared very big stacked lumber to burn, I’ve found also a family following a tradition from Valencia the make a dummy to be fired. Here you will see the preparation of everything and the final fire.
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>> I re-post this publication made two years ago, I think interesting remember these old traditions on these days
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>> <https://lluisripollphotography.wordpress.com/2016/06/20/sant-joan-summer-solstice-traditions-1991/>
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>> Thanks for looking
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>> Your c&c are welcome
>> Saludos cordiales
>> Lluis
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