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00:00Winter solstice 2020, for seven diverse traditions to celebrate event worldwide,
00:08the winter solstice arriving on December 22 marks the year's longest night. This
00:14astronomical event holds cultural and historical significance is celebrated
00:19uniquely worldwide. Dong Zhai in China. Dong Zhai or arrival of winter celebrates
00:28family unity. Rooted in Chinese lunar calendar, festival features Tang Yuan
00:34sweet rice balls, marks year's transition with reunions. Lucia's Day in
00:41Scandinavia. St. Lucia's Day celebrates light amid winter's darkness. Girls don
00:46white gowns with candlelit crowns, echoing ancient Norse bonfire traditions
00:50to honor Marta St. Lucia. Antarctica's midwinter. Antarctic researchers
00:57celebrate solstice with unique festivities. Despite extreme conditions,
01:02they enjoy meals, gift exchanges, movies to mark midwinter's symbolic
01:06significance. Saturnalia in ancient Rome. Saturnalia, an ancient Roman festival,
01:14celebrated planting season's end. Marked by feasts, games, role reversals, it
01:20influenced modern Christmas customs with its spirit of joy. In Tirami of the
01:27Incas. In Tirami celebrates Peru's winter solstice. Honoring Sun God, this
01:33revived Incan festival features dances, mock sacrifices, feasts, symbolizing
01:38reverence for Sun. Yalda in Persia. The Persian festival Yalda celebrates
01:45light's triumph over darkness. Families gather on longest night to enjoy
01:49pomegranates, nuts, poetry, honoring Mithra, deity of sun and light. Soil of
01:57the Hopi tribe. The Hopi tribe's soil marks winter solstice with rituals,
02:02prayers, ceremony, is include dancing, purification, making prayer sticks to
02:08welcome Kachinas, guardians of the mountains.