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Historic celebration at Stonehenge: Thousands greet winter solstice!

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December 22, 2024

Thousands of people gathered at Stonehenge to celebrate the winter solstice. The sunrise of the shortest day of the year was welcomed with drums, chants and song at the historic Neolithic monument in England. Stonehenge was built to align the midsummer sunrise and midwinter sunset. It is believed that solstices have been celebrated there for thousands of years. The historical event attended by approximately 4,500 people was followed live by more than 100,000 people.

Thousands of people greeted the sunrise with cheers and applause to greet the winter solstice at the historical Stonehenge monument in England.
Drumbeats, chants and songs filled the historic site at sunrise at 8:09 a.m.

With the winter solstice, the days are now getting longer until the summer solstice on June 21.

Stonehenge was built to align the midsummer sunrise and midwinter sunset. It is believed that solstices have been celebrated there for thousands of years.
The dates of the equinoxes and solstices change each year because the Gregorian calendar does not match exactly the length of the tropical year, the time it takes for the Earth to complete one orbit around the Sun.
A leap day is added every four years to realign the calendar with the tropical year. When this happens, the equinox and solstice dates are pushed back.
Steve Bax, English Heritage’s Stonehenge director, said: “It was wonderful to welcome around 4,500 people to Stonehenge this morning to celebrate the winter solstice, and we were also delighted to have over 100,000 people from all over the world watching live online.” he said.
Expressing his pleasure that so many people came together to greet the solstice, Bax said, “Although the sun didn’t show its face, it was a joyful and peaceful celebration and it was great to see so many families having fun around the monument.”
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