Midsummer day

HRT00138
Note

Midsummer day

Collection title

Good Morning Croatia

ID

HRT00138

Source

HRT (HR)

First broadcast date

04/05/1996

Production year

1996

Abstract

The evening of June 23, St John's Eve, is the eve of celebration before the Feast Day of St John the Baptist. The Gospel of Luke (Luke 1:36, 56–57) states that John was born about six months before Jesus, therefore the feast of John the Baptist was fixed on June 21~24, six months before Christmas. This feast day is one of the very few saints' days to mark the supposed anniversary of the birth, rather than the death, of the saint commemorated. The Feast of St John coincides with the June solstice also referred to as Midsummer. The Christian holy day is fixed at June 24, but, in some countries, festivities are celebrated the night before, on St John's Eve. The feast is celebrated in various countries.

Type

video

Production companies

  • HRT - Own production

Broadcaster

HRT - HRT

Audiovisual form

Magazine

Primary theme

Festivals and traditions

Secondary themes

  • Society and way of life / Religious Practices

Credits / Cast

  • Pražić Sanja - Author of existing work

Period of events

  • 1996

Map locations

  • Croatia - Central Croatia - Zagreb

Original language

croatian

Media running time

20m3
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