In Remotest Russia, A Pagan Solstice Festival Celebrates High Summer
No 94
As the sun pokes over the horizon, thousands of outstretched fingers reach out in welcome. The ‘Greeting of the Sun’ ceremony is the high point of the Yhyakh summer Solstice celebrations in Yakutia, in the far northeastern corner of Russia. To understand the significance of this summer ritual, it helps to know a thing or two about the winter here. Mainly,...
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