Midsummer celebration

As part of our Scandinavian summer, here is the enchanting history behind the Swedish festival traditions, with ideas for celebrating Midsummer with your family.

The Summer Solstice: June 20-21 Traditional Midsummer (Kupala’s night) in my country (Russia): June 23-24 Northern Midsummer: June 23-24 Actual celebrations, historically, were held for the whole week long, so it’s time for magical merriment very soon, witches and magical beings🧙🏻‍♀️🧝🏼‍♀️

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May Day came and went so quickly for us and by the time I got the new ribbons for our Maypole it was pouring rain, even though we had a 5 meter high pole that Saxon had cut down for us. So we were unable to celebrate with the usual singing and dancing around the Maypole. So for Moran's birthday she wanted to have a Maypole and we made this one from scratch. Here is how we made it! Materials: * A pole of your choice, we cut down a tree from our block, but in the past we have used a very long…

🧚🏻‍♀️ A Midsummer Night’s Dream 🧚🏻‍♀️ 𝙌𝙤𝙩𝙙:// 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙗𝙚 𝙙𝙤𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙣𝙮𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙤 𝙘𝙚𝙡𝙚𝙗𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙤𝙡𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙘𝙚? • I’ve been waiting to share these photos for a full year! ✨ Last year, before we went to do our wedding in Scotland, we threw a little Midsummer party to celebrate with family that wasn’t able to get to Scotland. It was absolutely magical and a memory I’ll always cherish 🥰 I was inspired by a hobbit feast and it felt so so special! • 🏷️…

One of the most rewarding parts of travel is when you get to partake in other culture’s traditions that differ from the ones you know from back home. Until preparing for this road trip around Sweden w

Litha, also known as Midsummer, is a celebration of the summer solstice, the longest day of the minyear. Traditionally observed in various forms across Europe,