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  1. One of the oldest known “windows”

    Light opening (center of image) above the entrance to the passage at Newgrange.
    For a few days around the winter solstice, a ray of light shines through this opening into the chamber at the end of the passage at sunrise.

    May 2014

    #Newgrange #PassageTomb #Boyne #SiAnBhru #CountyMeath #Ireland #Neolithic #Neolithicperiod #wintersolstice #sunrise #solstice #Irland #Neolithikum #Jungsteinzeit #passage #Wintersonnenwende #Sonnenaufgang #FensterFreitag

  2. He estat pensant molt en els troncs de Nadal aquests dies. 
    A Catalunya tenim el mundialment conegut i incomprès Tió, però el tronc de Nadal és un element comú a les cultures europees.

    Els elements compartits són: un tronc al qual se li fan ofrenes i es crema la nit de Nadal, tenint les seves cendres qualitats apotropàiques (es guardaven tot l'any per curar, protegir, o s'escampaven per les terres de casa per assegurar la fertilitat dels camps).

    L'altre dia estava agafant glans i picava amb un pal les branques d'alzina.
    Queien les glans a munts sobre el meu cap.
    Vaig pensar “és com la cavalcada de reis i els seus caramels”.
    I llavors vaig fer la relació colpejar arbre = regals.
    Perquè hi ha diversos arbres que es varegen per recollir-ne els fruits.
    Després, el tió també es crema i tenim aquest acte d'alliberar la llum del Sol continguda dins la fusta per la màgia de la fotosíntesi.

    Un ritual de solstici.
    Recordar que la llum no ha marxat.
    Que la Natura ens assegura la Vida, amb llum i amb fruits.

    #solsticidhivern #solsticiodeinvierno #wintersolstice
    #indoeuropean #quercus #alzina #agla #bellota #acorn #nadal #Natura #tradicionesdeinvierno #tradicionscatalanes #tiodenadal #yulelog #troncodeyule #folklore #etnobotanica

  3. Today is the 4th Sunday in #Advent.
    The last night of #Chanukah.
    And the #WinterSolstice.

    How lovely to have so many ways at once to acknowledge light, miracles, and hope.

  4. #HereComesTheSun 🌞 for #Berlin on Fri, Dec 22:
    The sun rises at 08:16 and sets at 15:55.
    We will see 07:38:51 of daylight.

    That's 5 seconds more than yesterday.
    Rejoice, the #WinterSolstice has happened! 🔆
    From now on, it'll only get better. 💛

    Image courtesy of NASA/SDO and the AIA, EVE, and HMI science teams.
    sdo.gsfc.nasa.gov/assets/img/l

    #Solstice #Solstice2023 #WinterSolstice2023 #Wintersonnwende

  5. @NoctisEqui

    There is something to be said for marking this day. We know our ancestors marked it. It feels good to remember those forgotten generations and their celebration of the day.

    The lives of those ancient peoples were far more precarious than ours, and understanding the seasonal transitions was an important marker in the agricultural cycle that many depended on for survival

    #Solstice #WinterSolstice #Solstice2023

  6. We celebrated the solstice early (on Saturday) with our huge bonfire. Anyway, somebody has to turn the sun.

    Salubrious solstice!!

    #Solstice #solstice2023 #wintersolstice #bonfire

    apothecaryshed.com/2023/12/18/

  7. Posting as it's the Winter Solstice and all. Ink Illustration in an A5 Seawhite of Brighton sketchbook.
    Glastonbury Tor (the Isle of Avalon) used a reference.

    #SketchBook #InkIllustration #InkDrawing #TraditionalArt #RedTower #WinterSolstice #CrossHatching #MastoArt #Tor

  8. Whether you celebrate #Christmas, #Chanukah, #Kwanza, #Yule, #WinterSolstice, #PanchaGanapati, #Yalda, #ZamenhofDay or another of the December holidays, I wish you a joyous and meaningful celebration.