I hope that any of my readers living in (or visiting) the Baltics enjoyed last night, and want to wish them a happy Jāņi (Latvia), Jaanipäev (Estonia) or Joninės (Lithuania). If anyone managed to find one of those mythical flowering ferns, please let me know!
I came across a traditional Latvian Jāņi song yesterday in the […]
Happy St John’s Day!
June 24th, 2007 · No comments yet · ShareThis
Categories: Events & festivals
Baltic Visitor Tags: fertility, festival, jaanipaev, jani, jonines, midsummer, poem
Midsummer in the Baltics: The biggest party of the year
May 27th, 2007 · No comments yet · ShareThis
[ 23 June, 2007 to 24 June, 2007. ] The biggest festival in the Baltic calendar, midsummer is celebrated with a night of partying on 23rd June. It is a true pagan throwback, with the sun symbolically defeating the darkness, although it also has a more practical side as it marks the start of the summer harvest.
Midsummer goes by a different name in each […]
Categories: Calendar, Estonia, Events & festivals, Latvia, Lithuania, Tips
Baltic Visitor Tags: celebration, Estonia, festival, jani, jonines, Latvia, ligo, Lithuania, midsummer, party, rasos, solstice
