{"id":31998,"date":"2022-06-18T13:22:41","date_gmt":"2022-06-18T13:22:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/women.lv\/?p=31998"},"modified":"2024-12-28T13:28:23","modified_gmt":"2024-12-28T13:28:23","slug":"vai-tu-zinaji-saulgriezus-svin-ari-citur-pasaule","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/women.lv\/en\/vai-tu-zinaji-saulgriezus-svin-ari-citur-pasaule\/","title":{"rendered":"Did you know \u2013 the Solstice is also celebrated in other parts of the world!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It is clear that the solstice occurs not only in Latvia, but also all over the world. It should be noted that the traditions of celebrating it also differ in each country - it depends on the cultural and historical heritage of each country. It is interesting to see how the name of the summer solstice changes depending on the location of the country, for example;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Sankt Thann (Denmark);<\/li>\n<li>Midsummer&#039;s Day (Estonia);<\/li>\n<li>Jonin\u0117s, Rasos, Rasa, Kupol\u0117s, Midsummer (Lithuania);<\/li>\n<li>Johanni, Midsummer Night (Germany);<\/li>\n<li>Midsommar, Den helige Johannes D\u00f6parens dag (Sweden)<\/li>\n<li>Ivanjski krijesovi (Croatia);<\/li>\n<li>Midsummer&#039;s Eve (Poland);<\/li>\n<li>F\u00eate de la Saint-Jean (France);<\/li>\n<li>Festa Junina (Portugal).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The word \u201csolstice\u201d comes from the Latin words \u201csol\u201d (sun) and \u201cstitium\u201d (still or stopped). Neolithic people may have originally begun observing the summer solstice as a marker for figuring out when to plant and harvest crops. In ancient Egypt, the summer solstice corresponded to the rising of the Nile River. Observing it may have helped predict annual floods. According to some ancient Greek calendars, the summer solstice marked the beginning of the New Year.<\/p>\n<p>Whichever way we turn, all cultures highly value the gathering of medicinal plants and the lighting of bonfires on the shortest night of the year, and the rituals associated with it do not disappear.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Saprotams, ka saulgrie\u017ei notiek ne tikai Latvijas teritorij\u0101, bet ar\u012b vis\u0101 pasaul\u0113. J\u0101piemin, ka ar\u012b to svin\u0113\u0161anas trad\u012bcijas katr\u0101 valst\u012b<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":31999,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4220],"tags":[4302,4300,4301],"class_list":["post-31998","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-vai-tu-zinaji","tag-did-you-know-solstice-is-celebrated-elsewhere-in-the-world","tag-vai-tu-zinaji-saulgriezus-svin-ari-citur-pasaule","tag-4301"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Vai Tu zin\u0101ji - Saulgrie\u017eus svin ar\u012b citur pasaul\u0113! - Women Veikals<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/women.lv\/en\/vai-tu-zinaji-saulgriezus-svin-ari-citur-pasaule\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Vai Tu zin\u0101ji - Saulgrie\u017eus svin ar\u012b citur pasaul\u0113! - Women Veikals\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Saprotams, ka saulgrie\u017ei notiek ne tikai Latvijas teritorij\u0101, bet ar\u012b vis\u0101 pasaul\u0113. 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