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Druids, pagans mark shortest day of year
(Agencies)
Updated: 2009-12-22 21:45
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LONDON: Hundreds of people have celebrated the winter solstice at Stonehenge, braving snowy travel conditions and a morning fog.
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 Celebrants engage in druidic rituals outside the Stone Circle at Stonehenge, southern England as Druids and revelers celebrate the Winter Solstice, Tuesday Dec. 22, 2009. [Agencies] |
About 700 people -- including pagans and druids -- saw the sun rise at the ancient rocks near Salisbury, England.
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Carson said winter solstice can fall between December 20 and 23. He said this year, winter solstice came after the sun set on December 21, making Tuesday the shortest day of the year.
Summer solstice is also observed at the site, but Carson said the winter celebrations are increasingly popular.
He said there's a "better understanding that Stonehenge was a monument more significant at the winter rather than summer solstice."
