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Posted on 05/17/2020 7:37:14 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
Just because Stonehenge is thousands of years old doesn’t mean it can’t adapt to the virtual age.
The ancient, mystical site typically hosts one of the world’s most popular summer solstice celebrations, attracting thousands of people, including the druid and pagan community, on the longest day of the year to watch the sun rise behind the Heel Stone.
This year, however, the usual celebration won’t be possible. The English Heritage organization, which manages Stonehenge, is asking people not to visit the site, and is instead offering a livestream of the sunrise.
Nichola Tasker, the director of Stonehenge, said, “We have consulted widely on whether we could have proceeded safely and we would have dearly liked to host the event as per usual, but sadly in the end, we feel we have no choice but to cancel. We hope that our live stream offers an alternative opportunity for people near and far to connect with this spiritual place at such a special time of year and we look forward to welcoming everyone back next year.”
The summer solstice at Stonehenge will stream live on Sunday morning, June 21 (local time), on English Heritage’s social media accounts.
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Because it’s fun and interesting.”
Yeah I guess that’s true, it just struck me as odd they were going to stream what sounded like a pagan ritual.
That Merlin guy was really something. How he managed to set up all those stones without modern equipment, I don’t know.
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