#jāņi

[fuzzyrain]

A very quick thing for summer solstice this year :) This is just based on how my family celebrates it here in Latvia, but I wish a good one for anyone who celebrates it in any name and way around the world <3 Have fun, may the night be bright and happy, and good luck and wellness to all of you 🌻🌼🌻

[dailyspark]

midsummer celebrations, Latvia 2022

[balticapocalypse]

🔥JĀŅI • Summer Solstice in Latvia. #līgo #latvia #jāņi #solstice #balticpagans (at Latvia) https://www.instagram.com/p/CfU6xlhv8yQ/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[akwardmarthy]

happy summer solstice (aka Līgo and Jāņi) to all my Latvian queers ONLY!!!

Straights: gtfo

[vern-a]

can i ask about your solstice celebration if you dont mind? :0

oh, heres my favourite festa junina fact! -> it originally came to brazil from portugal, who celebrated it as a summer celebration. problem is, unlike in portugal, brazilian summer is from december to march and winter from june to august, so what started out as a summer solstice thing ended up as a winter solstice one!

Ooo! Thats very interesting! We celebrate both winter and summer solstice actually. The name "solstice" in latvian literally means "sun-turn(ing)", meaning "when the day turns longer than the night" and vice versa in winter. The common name is "Jāņi" for summer.

I really love the outfits for festa junina! Theyre so vibrant and airy! (Our folk outfits are made of wool, even for summer. Id love to wear a festa junina outfit <3)

Essentially Jāņi a celebration for welcoming the Sun and welcoming summer!

Our festivities include getting drunk, waiting for the sunrise and burning many things (bonfire, sun gate (big gate built of hay bales), barrel on a long stick, and my favourite - a wheel wrapped in cloth and soaked in petrol that you set alight and send down a hill to chase). These days people go light on the burning, and just do a small bonfire or grill. However, no one skips out on the tradition of hopping over the bonfires. Ive hopped a grill before.

We enjoy a lot of food (mostly grilled meats), and make wreaths of flowers (each flower has a meaning, and men usually get big wreaths made of oak branches to manifest strength!). Its also a good practice to tie small birch trees to house posts and hang around mountain ash branches to ward off evil. Another purification ritual is burning last years flower wreaths in the fire.

The whole process is very spiritual. Since i grew up on a farm and our family friends are nuts about the spiritualism, i got to experience the big fun parts growing up :D (still do!). But nowdays, realistically it's more about families and friends gathering, making wreaths and enjoying some grilled goods and beer.

Theres honestly so much, i could go on forever! Theres our beloved pagan gods, theres making flower wreaths for your cattle, saunas, rolling in morning dew and so on. Hope this was informative :D I really love talking about it, thank you so much for the ask <3 <3 <3

edit: I FORGOT THE SONGS AND THE DANCES!! Big culture thing!! My favourite thing right next to the burning <3

[don-lichterman]

Weather forecast for Jāņi festival – will it rain? - Baltic News Network

Weather forecast for Jāņi festival – will it rain? – Baltic News Network

In the coming days there will be precipitation in Latvia. However, from Wednesday, 22 June, weather will start to improve. Meteorologists predict warmer and drier weather for the upcoming midsummer holiday, as reported by Latvian State Environment, Geology and Meteorology Centre. Monday’s weather will be cloudy with moments of clear sky. Wind speed will be slow and air temperature may reach +16°…

[rusted-sun]

... a thought just came to me. i already know im latvian-ifying the fuck outta these poor guys, but. hear me out. elias and dominic celebrating jāņi. i need to see one of them jumping over a live fire and then realizing that oh fuck. theyre ON fire.... or with the oak branch crowns... or regular flower crowns... staying up until the sun rises and just maybe enjoying life a little. them looking for ferns...

[tdutb]

srry i disappeared i was making stuff out of chemistry homework

yeah uhh that is semi-true. was mentally preparing for the only day im patriotic.

[siins]

My piece I did a little while ago for the @objectheadzine Historical Fiction 2023 zine! :^)

Inspired by traditional Līgo/Jāņi celebrations!

[l1atena1]

My contribution to Sonic's 32nd birthday✨

The Oak Leaf crown in my culture represents masculinity and strenght.

For those who are named after the celebrations (Līgo and Jāņi) and those who have birthdays on those dates wear special crowns :)

[skyafied]

PRINCESS HEAVY IS SO BEAUTIFUL PLEASE DRAW MORE OF HIM

AY DAWG YOU DONT HAVE TO TELL ME TWICE [ also thank you so much what the hell I'm so glad you liked him!! ;-; ]

They are getting ready for Jāņi :') [ignore my pathetic excuse for a flower crown on Medic LMAO]

I am not Latvian myself, but thank you @beeengie for telling me all about this beautiful holiday! It was like a month ago but still-

silly bonus sketches btw

[isawtoday]

Summer solstice. Midsummer. Jāņi. Latvija.

[balticapocalypse]

🔥JĀŅI • Summer Solstice in Latvia. #līgo #latvia #jāņi #solstice #balticpagans https://www.instagram.com/p/CfUOkUwJvHO/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[cryingyetcourageous]

June is coming... A-Almost June. That will be good... Jūnijs ir Jāņi-

[He isn’t speaking to anyone in particular. Instead, his gaze is fixed on a window, not looking out it so much as staring blankly at fixture itself, as though inspecting a nonexistent smudge on the glass.]

[divinum-pacis]

(Photograph by Reinis Hofmanis for Latvia Travel)

“Each year, Latvians mark the solstice by celebrating the Jāņi Festival, which dates back to the Middle Ages. This is one of the most interesting ways to experience historic European summer solstice traditions.

This celebration takes place this year on June 23rd and 24th and is celebrated by creating floral wreaths, heading out into nature, lighting bonfires, traditional singing and dancing, drinking beer, and eating Jāņi cheese (a sour cheese made with caraway seeds). It’s a perfect celebration of nature and the changing of seasons, mixed in with some unique cultural experiences.”

[domesticatedpigeonsoup]

i have 0 latvian mutuals but today is Jāņi so i hope ya'll get drunk asf and have fun