Also known as Midsummer Festival, Saint John's Day, Saint John's Feast, Saint John's Festival, Feast of Saint John the Baptist, Summer Solstice Festival, Midsommar
Midsummer or Midsommar ( ) is a celebration of the season of summer, taking place on or near the date of the summer solstice in the Northern Hemisphere, the longest day of the year. The name midsummer mainly refers to summer solstice festivals of European origin. These cultures traditionally regard it as the middle of summer, with the season beginning on May Day. Although the summer solstice falls on 20, 21 or 22 June in the Northern Hemisphere, it was traditionally reckoned to fall on 23–24 June in much of Europe. These dates were Christianized as Saint John's Eve and Saint John's Day. It is
Key facts
- Holiday.holiday_name
- MidsummerSummer Solstice
- Holiday.image
- Mittsommerfest in Norwegen, Insel Tysnes IMG 4425WI.jpg
- Holiday.caption
- Midsummer bonfire in Tysnes Municipality, Norway
- Holiday.observedby
- Traditionally: Europe Canada United States Liturgically: Roman Catholic Church, Lutheran Churches, Anglican Communion
- Holiday.date
- A date close to the summer solstice
- Holiday.celebrations
- Festivals, bonfires, feasting, singing, maypole dancing
- Holiday.observances
- Church service, reenactments of the life of Saint John the Baptist, processions, baptisms, and church weddings
- Holiday.type
- Cultural and Religious
- Holiday.significance
- Marks the traditional middle of summer, and birth of John the Baptist
- Holiday.relatedto
- Nativity of John the Baptist, Saint John's Eve, Kupala Night
- Holiday.nickname
- Feast of Saint John the Baptist, Jāņi, Joninės, Jaanipäev, Enyovden, Līþa/Litha, midsommar, Juhannus/Mittumaari/Keskikesä, Alban Hefin, Gŵyl Ganol yr Haf, Sankthans, Kresna noč
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- different from
- Nativity of St. John the Baptist
- partially coincident with
- St John's Eve
- Commons category
- Midsummer
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- Category:Midsummer
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- Midsommar
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Article · 中文
仲夏節是夏至來臨時的慶祝活動，在北歐是一個重要的節日。仲夏節在挪威、芬蘭及瑞典都是公眾假期。仲夏節是歐洲北部地區居民的重要傳統節慶活動，在東歐、中歐、英國、爱爾蘭、冰島等地也有慶祝仲夏節，但北歐與英國尤甚。在一些地方，當地居民會在這一天豎立五月柱（Maypole）。有分析稱仲夏節在北歐當地成為一個慶祝的重要節日，和當地偏寒冷的氣候有關係。 而在葡萄牙前殖民地澳門，也有慶祝聖若翰洗者節，但並不是與夏至有關，而是慶祝1622年6月24日，荷蘭試圖入侵失敗。此日在澳門回歸前稱為「城市日」。
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