Summer Solstice Celebrated At Stonehenge
Druids, drummers, pagans and partygoers welcomed the sun Thursday as it rose above the prehistoric monument of Stonehenge on the longest day of the year — the summer solstice.
Clad in antlers, black cloaks and oak leaves, a group of druids cheered and danced at the Heel stone — a twisted, pockmarked pillar at the edge of Stonehenge.
“Happy solstice!” said Laura Tungate, a 26-year-old financial adviser from Newcastle, who wore a giant rainbow sweater and offered hugs to smiling passers-by.
Taking a swig from a mug of vodka and Red Bull, she said she had been coming to the solstice ceremony for the past eight years.
“I love the whole vibe, and the energy, and the fact that these stones, that they are alive, they do breathe, and they do grow ... and they’re massive!” she said. Full Story
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Clad in antlers, black cloaks and oak leaves, a group of druids cheered and danced at the Heel stone — a twisted, pockmarked pillar at the edge of Stonehenge.
“Happy solstice!” said Laura Tungate, a 26-year-old financial adviser from Newcastle, who wore a giant rainbow sweater and offered hugs to smiling passers-by.
Taking a swig from a mug of vodka and Red Bull, she said she had been coming to the solstice ceremony for the past eight years.
“I love the whole vibe, and the energy, and the fact that these stones, that they are alive, they do breathe, and they do grow ... and they’re massive!” she said. Full Story
Related: religion, wicca, pagan, spells
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