This lively holiday was a time for honoring their Roman god Saturn and embracing pagan winter solstice traditions. Originally held on December 17, the festivities were so beloved that they were ...

Yule, celebrated during the winter solstice, is a time-honored festival marking the shortest day and the longest night of the year. This celebration, deeply rooted in ancient traditions ...

In some traditions, people dive into the ocean ... In El Salvador, the tradition is considered part of the "winter" solstice since it falls in the southern hemisphere. In Peru, descendants of ...

Mindful that the solstices and equinoxes symbolize the fertility of the land, agricultural and food production systems, cultural heritage and their millenary traditions; the General Assembly of ...

Before they became Christians Norse people commemorated the longest night of the year (winter solstice ... Some Scottish festive traditions still go back to the Vikings and Yule, like the Hogmanay ...