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Inside Europe: Iceland's pagans celebrate midsummer

Emma Wallis
June 23, 2017

Midsummer is the period of time around the summer solstice. In Iceland, this festival is observed at a time when the sun barely sets in the sky. Now there's a growing Neo-Pagan movement in Iceland, called Asatru. Their high-priest is Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson, a musician and composer. This year in Iceland they are celebrating the summer solstice on 22nd June, and he explained why.

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