Midsummer’s Celebrations

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Tomorrow starts the Midsummer’s Celebrations in Latvia or as on June 23rd it is called Ligo Vakars and the following day Jani or John's Day. These are traditional and usually, on the night celebrations, people light bonfires, have dances, music, and plenty of food and beer. I am glad we do not celebrate here in the US because there are enough painful memories for me already. What we have not gone through these celebrations. Happy and sad times and times with barrels of beer. The tradition is to stay up all night because it is the shortest night of the year but we did not do this too often. I can get Latvia’s Radio 2 over the Internet so probably tomorrow I will listen to some of the music they play for the celebration. I have added a photo of my stepdaughter and her father one Ligo Vakars and you can see how much they loved each other.