On June 21, the sun comes up just on the heads of people in the northern hemisphere. It is supposed to be the longest day of the year. Traditionally, the day was celebrated with various rituals and religious festivals.
A solstice is an astronomical event that happens twice in a year, one in summer and the other in winter, when the Sun’s apparent position in the sky reaches its northernmost or southernmost extremes. It is said that the sun stands still on these days. The name solstice, derived from the two Latin words sol (sun) and sistere (to stand still), signifies that the path of the sun comes to an end and it stands still on these two days before it reverses its direction
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