Meaning “birth,” Yalda is marked by family gatherings, candles (originally fires ... people of present-day northern Arizona celebrate the winter solstice as part of their religious tradition ...

Soyal is the winter solstice celebration of the native Hopi tribe ... Girls dress up in white robes and wear wreaths of candles on their heads to honour St Lucia (also known as St Lucy) who ...

It, therefore, recognized 21 June as the International Day of the Celebration of the Solstice. A solstice — derived from the Latin sol ("sun") and sistere ("to stand still"), because the ...

The most dangerous of the solstice rituals has to be polo ... Taking place in Ohio, this celebration involves the lighting of candles on a 400-metre long, three-foot high prehistoric mound in ...

Every year around the summer solstice, Swedes gather to celebrate Midsummer, a festival marking the longest day of the year. Held on the Friday between June 19 and June 25, although often lasting ...

Grace Church, 303 South Main Street, Kilmarnock, will host a Celtic service at 5:30 p.m. Sun 9. The beginning of February marks the halfway point between the Winter Solstice and the Spring Equinox.