Every year, several thousand Druids, Pagans, Wiccans, New Age fans, hippies, witches and tourists gather at the ancient stones of Stonehenge to celebrate the Summer Solstice. Gathered at the stone circle above Salisbury Plain in southern England, they dance, sing and meditate the night away to celebrate the longest day of the year. Stonehenge was open to visitors until 8 a.m. Wednesday. Last night is the only one of the year when people can stay so long inside this megalithic structure. In other parts of the UK, followers of neo-pagan religions encounter dawn at Glastonbury Tor or other megalithic structures such as Castlerigg Circle. How was the meeting of the longest day of this year – in the Russian media gallery.
Waiting for dawn at StonehengeKin Cheung/AP
Visitors look at one of the stones at StonehengeKin Cheung/AP
A girl dances while waiting for dawn at StonehengeKin Cheung/AP
Musicians invoke the sun at the stones of StonehengeKin Cheung / AP
Glastonbury Tor before dawn on the summer solsticeAdam Vaughan/EPA/TASS
People wait for sunrise at the ancient stone circle of Stonehenge to celebrate the summer solsticeKin Cheung/AP
Midsummer Sunrise at Castlerigg Stone Circle, Cumbria, UKIMAGO/News Pictures/TASS
Sunrise on Midsummer’s Day at the foot of Glastonbury TorAdam Vaughan/EPA/TASS
Summer Solstice Celebration at Castlerigg Stone Circle. Mark Cosgrove/News Images via ZUMA Press Wire/TASS
View of Castlerigg Stone Circle. This structure is believed to have been created around 3200 BC. Its original purpose remains virtually unknown. It may have been a trading post, a place of worship for the gods, or an astronomical observatoryMark Cosgrove/News Images via ZUMA Press Wire/TASS
People greet the dawn at the foot of Glastonbury Tor EPA/TASS
Girls meditate in the early morning light on the summer solsticeKin Cheung/AP
Dawn at StonehengeKin Cheung/AP
Women perform a summer solstice ritual at Glastonbury Tor in the UK Adam Vaughan/EPA/TASS
Druid during the solstice celebration at StonehengeKin Cheung / AP
First rays of sun on StonehengeKin Cheung / AP
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