{"id":5086,"date":"2009-12-21T02:10:09","date_gmt":"2009-12-21T02:10:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fadingad.wordpress.com\/?p=5086"},"modified":"2012-12-22T03:51:50","modified_gmt":"2012-12-22T03:51:50","slug":"don-we-now-our-gay-apparel-toll-the-ancient-yuletide-carol-global-winter-solstice-2009-flatbush-brooklyn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fadingad.com\/fadingadblog\/2009\/12\/21\/don-we-now-our-gay-apparel-toll-the-ancient-yuletide-carol-global-winter-solstice-2009-flatbush-brooklyn\/","title":{"rendered":"Don We Now Our Gay Apparel – Toll The Ancient Yuletide Carol – Global Winter Solstice 2009 – Flatbush, Brooklyn"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Icelandic manuscript depicting Odin who slew the frost giant, Ymir. – Wikipedia<\/p><\/div>\n

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Site of the Goseck circle. The yellow lines represent the direction the Sun rises and sets at the winter solstice, while the vertical line shows the astronomical meridian. – Wikipedia<\/p><\/div>\n

The\u00a0Goseck circle<\/strong> is a\u00a0Neolithic structure in\u00a0Goseck in the\u00a0Burgenlandkreis district in\u00a0Saxony-Anhalt,\u00a0Germany. It consists of a set of\u00a0concentric ditches\u00a075 meters (246 feet) across and two palisade rings containing gates in defined places. It is considered the earliest sun\u00a0observatory currently known in the world. – Wikipedia<\/a><\/p>\n

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A view inside the recently reconstructed wooden palisade of the circle. – Wikipedia<\/p><\/div>\n

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“Midwinter bl\u00f3t” (at Uppsala Temple), by Carl Larsson (1915) – Wikipedia<\/p><\/div>\n

In\u00a0Sweden and many surrounding parts of\u00a0Europe,\u00a0polytheistic tribes celebrated a <\/em>Midvinterblot<\/em><\/strong> or <\/em>mid-winter-sacrifice<\/em><\/strong>, featuring both animal and human sacrifice. The\u00a0bl\u00f3t was performed by\u00a0go\u00f0i, or priests, at certain cult sites, most of which have churches built upon them now. Midvinterblot paid tribute to the local gods, appealing to them to let go winter’s grip. The\u00a0folk tradition was finally abandoned by 1200, due to\u00a0missionary\u00a0persistence. <\/em>– Wikipedia<\/p>\n

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An illustration of people hauling a Yule log from\u00a0Chambers Book of Days (1832)- Wikipedia<\/p><\/div>\n

A <\/em>Yule log<\/em><\/strong> is a large wooden log which is burned in the\u00a0hearth as a part of traditional\u00a0Yule or\u00a0Christmas celebrations in several European cultures. It can be a part of the\u00a0Winter Solstice festival or the\u00a0Twelve Days of Christmas,\u00a0Christmas Eve,\u00a0Christmas Day, or\u00a0Twelfth Night. <\/em><\/p>\n

Yule<\/strong> or Yule-tide<\/strong> is a winter festival that was initially celebrated by the historical Germanic peoples as a pagan religious festival, though it was later absorbed into, and equated with, the Christian festival of Christmas. The festival was originally celebrated from late December to early January on a date determined by the lunar Germanic calendar. The festival was placed on December 25 when the Christian calendar (Julian calendar) was adopted. Some historians claim that the celebration is connected to the Wild Hunt or was influenced by Saturnalia, the Roman winter festival.<\/em><\/p>\n

Terms with an etymological equivalent to “Yule” are still used in the Nordic Countries for the Christian Christmas, but also for other religious holidays of the season. In modern times this has gradually led to a more secular tradition under the same name as Christmas. Yule is also used to a lesser extent in English-speaking countries to refer to Christmas. Customs such as the Yule log, Yule goat, Yule boar, Yule singing, and others stem from Yule. In modern times, Yule is observed as a cultural festival and also with religious rites by some Christians and by some Neopagans.<\/em> – Wikipedia<\/p>\n

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The Inti Raymi or Festival of the Sun was a religious ceremony of the Inca Empire in honor of the sun god Inti. It also marked the winter solstice and a new year in the Andes of the Southern Hemisphere. – Wikipedia<\/p><\/div>\n

The Inti Raymi<\/strong> or Festival of the Sun<\/strong> was a religious ceremony of the Inca Empire in honor of the sun god Inti. It also marked the winter solstice and a new year in the Andes of the Southern Hemisphere. One ceremony performed by the Inca priests was the <\/em>tying of the sun<\/em>. In Machu Picchu there is still a large column of stone called an Intihuatana<\/strong>, meaning “hitching post of the sun” or literally for tying the sun<\/em>. The ceremony to tie the sun to the stone was to prevent the sun from escaping. The Spanish conquest, never finding Machu Picchu, destroyed all the other intihuatana, extinguishing the sun tying practice. The Catholic Church managed to suppress all Inti festivals and ceremonies by 1572. Since 1944 a theatrical representation of the Inti Raymi has been taking place at Sacsayhuam\u00e1n (two km. from Cusco) on June 24 of each year, attracting thousands of local visitors and tourists. The Monte Alto culture may have also had a similar tradition. – Wikipedia<\/p>\n

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The Winter Solstice occurs exactly when the earth’s axial tilt is farthest away from the sun at its maximum of 23\u00b0 26′. Though the Winter Solstice lasts an instant in time, the term is also colloquially used like Midwinter to refer to the day on which it occurs. For most people in the high latitudes this is commonly known as the shortest day and the sun’s daily maximum position in the sky is the lowest. – Wikipedia
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Mosaic of Sol (the Sun) in Mausoleum M in the pre-fourth-century necropolis under St Peter’s Basilica. Some have interpreted it as representing Christ. – Wikipedia<\/p><\/div>\n

Sol Invictus<\/strong> (“the undefeated Sun”) or, more fully, <\/em>Deus Sol Invictus<\/em> (“the undefeated sun god”) was a religious title applied to at least three distinct divinities during the later Roman Empire; El Gabal, Mithras, and Sol. A festival of the birth of the Unconquered Sun<\/strong> (or Dies Natalis Solis Invicti<\/strong>) was celebrated by the Romans on December 25. On this, the first day after the six day solar standstill of the winter solstice, the duration of daylight first begins to increase, as the sun once again begins its sunrise movement toward the North, interpreted as the “rebirth” of the sun. With the growing popularity of the Christianity, Jesus of Nazareth came to be given much of the recognition previously given to a sun god, thereby including Christ in the tradition. This was later condemned by the early Catholic Church for associating Christ with pagan practices. – Wikipedia<\/p>\n

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December 19th Blizzard – Flatbush – Liberty Snow 2009 \u00a9 Frank H. Jump<\/p><\/div>\n

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