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Summer Solstice Celebrations

Around the World — By Lydia on June 14, 2012 at 8:31 am

Riga, Latvia Jāņi celebrationPhoto courtesy of pablo andrés rivero/Flickr

During Latvia‘s midsummer celebration, called Jāņi, women wear wreaths of flowers and men wreaths of oak leaves. Celebrations include feasting, drinking beer, and singing folk songs around a bonfire.

Tags: Feast of St. John the Baptist, Festival of Saint John, midsummer festival, Midsummer Night, Midsummer's eve, Summer solstice

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