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an orange and yellow fire with the moon in the background
The Eve of St. John, also popularly known as the Night of Fire,Witches' night or Rosor's Night, is a celebration that takes place around the Catalonia and beyond, during the night between 23 and 24 June , one of the shortest night of the year due to the proximity of the summer solstice.
a close up of a yellow flower on a plant with green leaves in the background
Hypericum also known as St John's Wort
a painting of people gathered around a fire
St John's Eve Bonfire on Skagen's Beach painted by P.S. Krøyer, 1906. A veritable who's who of the leading citizens of art colony Skagen of the time. His by-then separated wife Marie, wearing a white hair, stands in the center rear just left of the flames with lover Hugo Alfven, Swedish composer.
a person standing on top of a pile of branches with fire in the air behind them
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St. John's Eve - 23 June - The evening before Midsummer Day, which is the birthday of John the Baptist, is a popular celebration. Family and friends meet for dinner then proceed to a local bonfire venue. Here the bonfire with the witch (made of hay and cloth) on top is lit around 10 pm. Beforehand the attendees sing Holger Drachmann’s ‘Midsommervise’ (Midsummer Song) (1885), which is the epitome of the light northern summer night and a National-Romantic idyllic view of the peasant culture.
three women are lighting candles on the water's surface at night, with their reflection in the water
Kupala's Eve, either midsummer eve or St. John's Eve (In Ukraine it's July 6). Wreaths with lit candles are set afloat and how the wreath travels tells of what a girl's husband will be like
an old book with a drawing of a woman standing in front of trees and flowers
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a bonfire is lit up in the dark
Bonfire Night - St. John's Eve, June 23rd 2012 by: Aran Bus Tours