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Summer and winter solstices of 2011
Summer и winter solstice 2011 year
Solstice. Summer Solstice. Solstice Day. Summer Solstice Day 2011.
Solstice 2011. Summer Solstice 2011. Summer Solstice in 2011. The Summer Solstice. The Solstice Day in 2011. Winter and Summer Solstice
On June 21, 2011, the summer (winter) solstice occurred, marking the longest (shortest) day of the year depending on the hemisphere, Northern or Southern.
Since ancient times, many people have celebrated this event with prayers and various rituals. We will look at how this day was observed in different countries around the world.
Special rituals on the day of the winter solstice by the Aymara — indigenous peoples in the Andes, in western South America. La Paz, June 21, 2011. The solstice here coincides with the New Year:
New Year celebration among the Aymara people, Santa Cruz, Bolivia, June 21, 2011:
In the Northern Hemisphere, everything is calmer; on the day of the summer solstice, one can nap in a park in a hammock, Seattle, USA, June 21, 2011:
Celebrations on the day of the summer solstice in England, at Stonehenge, 130 kilometers from London. The giant structure of Stonehenge is a stone mystery in the very center of Europe. Stonehenge consists of four large stone circles. In the center of Stonehenge is a huge stone measuring 4.8×1.0×0.5 meters:
This is also Stonehenge:
Sunset in Kansas City, USA. The longest day of the year here ends… June 21, 2011:
In New York's Times Square, thousands of yogis gathered on the day of the summer solstice to hold their classes:
Cardinals and bishops listen to Pope Benedict XVI's speech in St. Peter's Square in the Vatican:
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