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Equinox at the site of Pizzo Vento, Fondachelli Fantina, Sicily. Dita e Verës or Verëza is the Albanian pagan feast that celebrates the spring equinox: the beginning of the spring-summer period. It is traditionally celebrated throughout Albanian inhabited territories, also officially in Albania.
Systematically observing the sunrise, people discovered that it occurs between two extreme locations at the horizon and eventually noted the midpoint between the two. Later it was realized that this happens on a day when the duration of the day and the night are practically equal and the word "equinox" comes from Latin aequus, meaning "equal", and nox, meaning "night".
Spring equinox means the first official day of spring is here. Discover the science and traditions of what’s also called the vernal equinox..
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Spring equinox or vernal equinox or variations may refer to: March equinox, the spring equinox in the Northern Hemisphere; September equinox, the spring equinox in ...
The vernal equinox happens every year, yet most people don't know what it is or why it's important. Here's the scientific—and spiritual—scoop on the first day of spring. The post When Is the ...
The Wheel of the Year in the Northern Hemisphere.Some Pagans in the Southern Hemisphere advance these dates six months to coincide with their own seasons.. The Wheel of the Year is an annual cycle of seasonal festivals, observed by a range of modern pagans, marking the year's chief solar events (solstices and equinoxes) and the midpoints between them.