Midsummer festival, St John’s Day in Brittany, France

 

bucher peillacThe feast of St John is traditionnaly celebrated with huge bonfires. This party is a reminiscent of Midsummer’s pagan ritual.

In Britanny, in the little town of Peillac, the inhabitants use to communicate with spirits of dead people. Someone  is vibrates the water in a copper basin with a rush of stranded… magic!

Faire chanter les bassines

Feu de la St Jean Peillac

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