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The Summer solstice will fall on Sunday, June 21: an event celebrated since antiquity whose protagonist is the sun.
It’s a great excuse to celebrate the source of the universal life with songs, dances, bonfires and – for those who are able – with propitiatory and magic rituals.
All civilizations before us, since the dawn of the time, have paid homage to the divinity that is in contrast with the evil force of darkness: from African people to the Asian population, from Incas to Inuit, from Maia to American Indians, not forgetting of course the Sumerians, the Babylonians and the Egyptians. Each of these civilizations have identified a name, a picture, a ritual; and often traditions got mixed, like in the “passage” of the pagan gods from the Greek empire to the Roman one. Today, if you do a quick search on the net, you will see that in many areas of Italy many celebrations of pagan origin could come unscathed through the Church’s attempts to eliminate them from the popular traditions. Or they have been transposed into Christian celebrations, as it happened to the feast of St. John the Baptist (which falls precisely on the night between 23 and 24 June), or to Christmas, which is the day when the sun begins again its evolution after the winter solstice. So here are some suggestions to help you enjoy to the best your solstice:
MILAN (Cuggiono) 19-20-21 June: party in the magnificent setting of Villa Annoni.
PAVIA (Villanterio) Sunday 21: feast and concert GazeboMusicaleGreenCircle.
FLORENCE (city) Sunday 21: concerts at Palazzo Strozzi Sacrati, Church of San Domenico di Fiesole and Roman Theater.
ROME (Maccarese) Saturday 20: feast of the Light: riot of lights and colors at Kembali Red Beach.
FOGGIA (Apricena) Sunday 21: music and tastings from local producers.
CAGLIARI (city) Sunday 21: European Music festival celebrating the solstice.
