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In Latvia, the summer solstice (Jāņi or Līgo) is celebrated with festivities on June 23rd and 24th, with events often taking out of towns and cities, in the countryside.
But also they who don't go out to the countryside, celebrate Summer Solstice
Key aspects of the celebration:
Pagan origins: Jāņi is a traditional pagan festival that predates Christianity, honoring the sun and fertility.
Līgo and Jāņi: June 23rd is known as Līgo, and June 24th is Jāņi Day.
Bonfires: Bonfires are central to the celebrations, with people jumping over them for good luck and to ward off evil.
Wreaths: Floral wreaths are worn by women, and oak wreaths by men.
Folk music and dancing: Latvian folk music and dancing are integral parts of the festivities.
Sauna and caraway cheese: Traditional sauna visits and the eating of caraway cheese are also common practices.
Seeking the fern flower: A mystical element of the celebration involves searching for the mythical fern flower.
Dawn celebration: Staying up all night to greet the sunrise is a key part of the tradition.
I am in Riga, VEF Culture Palace where will be a concert- impromptu solstice celebration...not in the countryside, not outside but on the stage
P.S. it was an excellent togetherness❤️
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Drive-in movies every night
Staying out 'til half past one
Sleeping late and
Living right now
Cause summer means fun
Yeah, summer means fun (fun, fun)
(Summer means fun now)
Summer means fun (and the
Girls are two to one now)
Summer means fun
(Lots of fun for everyone now)
So everybody, grab
Your baggies and bikinis
Cause it's only just begun
We're gonna have a ball
Until the fall now
Cause summer means fun
The summer carnival beside the river at Tuncurry.
Zoom in to see a glimpse of the carnival in the distance, lol.
Photographed at sunset from the riverside walkway.
Near the Wallis Lake Fisherman's Co-Op.
Rockpool Road, Tuncurry.
The Forster-Tuncurry seaside holiday townships.
Mid-north coast of New South Wales.
Three hour's drive north of Sydney.
A location I have visited on many occasions over the years. My mother retired to this idyllic coastal location of Forster-Tuncurry, and I regularly road-trip the children up here from Sydney for their summer holidays.
And this is our carnival of choice in the evenings, after long days at the beach.
My Canon EOS 5D Mk IV with the Canon EF 16-35mm f/4L IS USM lens.
Processed in Adobe Lightroom and Photopad Pro by NCH software.
This is something a little abstract and, I guess, different from what you usually see on my photo stream. I hope you like.
Olympus OM-D E-M5
Olympus M.60mm F2.8 Macro
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"Early summer days are a jubilee time for birds.
In the fields, around the house, in the barn,
in the woods, in the swamp — everywhere
love and songs and nests and eggs."
~E.B. White
"SUEÑO DE UNA NOCHE DE VERANO"
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My Philadelphus or mock orange has been in flower for at least a couple of weeks. There's something very appealing about its white simplicity.