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Winter Solstice

            The Winter Solstice occurs exactly when the earth's axial tilt is farthest away from the sun at its maximum of 23° 26'. for many millenia the winter solctice has been celebrated by religions, often with the theme of rebirth or renewal. The next day the daylight grows longer up to the Summer Solstice. Mid winter celebrations include: 
Amaterasu celebration, Requiem of the Dead (7th century Japan). 
Beiwe Festival (Sámi of Northern Fennoscandia). 
Brumalia (Roman Kingdom).
Choimus, Chaomos (Kalash of Pakistan).
Christmas, Natalis Domini (4th century Rome, 11th century England, Christian).
Deuorius Riuri (Gaul). 
Deygān, Maidyarem (Zoroastrian). 
Dōngzhì Festival (East Asian Cultural Sphere and Mahayana Buddhist). 
Goru (Dogon of Mali). 
Hogmanay (Scotland). 
Inti Raymi (Inca: Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador). 
Junkanoo, John Canoe, Dzon'ku 'Nu (West Africa, Bahamas, Jamaica, 19th-century North Carolina, Virginia). 
Karachun (Ancient Western Slavic). 
Koleda, Коляда, Sviatki, Dazh Boh (Ancient Eastern Slavic and Sarmatian). 
Lenæa (Ancient and Hellenistic Greece). 
Lucia, Feast of St. Lucy (Ancient Swedish, Scandinavian Lutheran, Eastern Orthodox). 
Makara Sankranti, मकर संक्रान्ति (India and Nepal, Hindu). 
Meán Geimhridh, Celtic Midwinter (Celtic, Ancient Welsh, Neodruidic). 
Midvinterblót (Swedish folk religion). 
Modranicht, Modresnach (Germanic). 
Saturnalia, Chronia (Ancient Greek, Roman Republic). 
Sol Invictus Festival (3rd century Roman Empire). 
Yule, Jul, Jól, Joul, Joulu, Jõulud, Géol, Geul (Viking Age, Northern Europe, and Germanic cultures). 
Zagmuk, Sacaea (Ancient Mesopotamia, Sumerian, Babylonian). 
And Many More
   

Taken in: United Kingdom / England / Wallasey / New Brighton (show map)

Taken on: December 21, 2009

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