UN Recognizes International Day of the Solstice as a Celebration of Cultural Heritage and Tradition
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The article discusses the United Nations' recognition of the International Day of the Celebration of the Solstice, highlighting how solstices and equinoxes symbolize the fertility of the land, agricultural and food production systems, cultural heritage, and millenary traditions. It emphasizes that the celebration of these astronomical events embodies the unity of cultural heritage and centuries-long traditions across different societies and social groups.
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· 3 pulledThe solstice as the embodiment of the unity of cultural heritage and centuries-long traditions
Solstices and equinoxes symbolize the fertility of the land, agricultural and food production systems, cultural heritage and their millenary traditions
The celebration of those events is an embodiment of the unity of the cultural heritage and centuries-long traditions
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