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Midsummer is celebrated on the night between June 23 and 24, when the Northern Hemisphere has its longest day and shortest night (summer solstice). The origins of this holiday in Lithuania are the Rasa festival. After baptism, this holiday is associated with St. John the Baptist's birthday. The Feast of Saint John closely coincides with the June solstice, also referred to as Midsummer in the Northern Hemisphere. The Christian holy day is fixed at 24 June, but in most countries festivities are mostly held the night before, on Saint John's Eve. • Sankthansaften • Jaaniťť • Fête de la Saint-Jean • Saint Ivan's Night • Tine Cnámh • Festa de São João • Festa Junina • Bonfires of Saint John • Купалле • Ивана Купала • Иван-Купала • Noc Kupały • Collection ©℗ musical part info @partija.lt #jonines #saintjohnseve #midsummer