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Clear filtersJoninės - Lithuania’s midsummer, celebrated on 24 June with bonfires, wreaths and the search for a fern flower
Joninės, also called Rasos or the Dew Holiday, is Lithuania’s national midsummer festival on 24 June. A public holiday, it centres on bonfires, floating flower wreaths, the search for the midnight fern flower and dancing through the flames.
Midsummer in Sweden - the Saturday between June 20 and 26, when maypoles go up and the whole country takes the day off
Midsummer Day in Sweden is the Saturday falling between June 20 and 26. Families raise a maypole, dance in a ring around it, float decorated wreaths on water, and eat the first strawberries of the season.
Dragon Boat Festival - Duanwu, the 5th day of the 5th lunar month, dragon boat races, and zongzi
Dragon Boat Festival (Duanwu) on the 5th day of the 5th lunar month is a Chinese festival commemorating the poet-statesman Qu Yuan (ca. 340-278 BC), observed with dragon boat races, zongzi (sticky rice dumplings), and hanging calamus and mugwort. A 3-day public holiday in mainland China.
Fathers Day - third Sunday of June, US origins, and how it is observed
Fathers Day on the third Sunday of June is a US cultural holiday honoring fathers and father figures. Not a federal holiday. Established 1972 (federal recognition). Founded by Sonora Smart Dodd in 1910.
Glastonbury Festival - the UK music festival in late June, and how it is observed
Glastonbury Festival is the largest greenfield music festival in the world, held annually near Pilton, Somerset, England in late June. Runs 5 days. Cultural + contemporary, not a religious or federal public holiday. Headline acts from across the music world.
Matariki - the Maori New Year, the Pleiades, and the Matariki public holiday
Matariki is the Maori New Year, observed when the Pleiades star cluster (Matariki) rises in the New Zealand sky in late June or early July. It became a public holiday in New Zealand in 2022, observed on a Friday closest to the first rising of Matariki. The day is marked by remembrance of the dead, celebration of the present, and reflection on the year ahead.
Spring Bank Holiday - the last Monday of May in the UK, what it actually commemorates, and how it differs across Britain
The Spring Bank Holiday on the last Monday of May is a UK public holiday distinct from the Early May Bank Holiday. It has no single fixed commemoration; it was created as a movable long-weekend in 1971 and currently falls on the Monday following Pentecost in the liturgical calendar.
Boun Bang Fai - the Lao Rocket Festival, the celebration of the rains, and the rocket competitions of Southeast Asia
Boun Bang Fai (the Rocket Festival) is a traditional Lao festival celebrated in May or June, marking the beginning of the rainy season and the start of the rice-growing season. The festival is observed with the firing of homemade rockets (bang fai), which are believed to encourage the rain gods to send the rains needed for the rice crop.
Litha - the Wiccan and Neo-Pagan celebration of the summer solstice, the longest day, and the power of the sun
Litha is the Wiccan and Neo-Pagan celebration of the summer solstice, observed around June 20-22 in the Northern Hemisphere. The festival marks the longest day of the year and the point at which the sun is at its maximum power, associated with the triumph of light over darkness and the peak of the growing season.