Group Members• Imran• Cheng Meng Feng

Summer Solstice, Winter Solstice & Equinox

Summer solstice (Midsummer)

• 21 June• Most sunrays on Tropic of Cancer• Summer (daytime is longer than night) on Northern Hemisphere• Winter (shorter daytime) on Southern Hemisphere• North Pole (24 hour of daylight continuously for 6 months);

South Pole (no daylight for continuously for 6 months)

International Yoga Day (United Nations) (21 June) Jāņi (Latvia) (23 June / 24 June ) Jaanipäev (St John's Day ) (Estonia) (night between 23 June and 24 June) Kupala fertility rite Kupala Night (Ivan Kupala Day)

- Ukraine, Belarus and Russia (6 July in the Gregorian or New Style calendar, which is 23 or 24 June in the Julian or Old Style calendar still used by many Orthodox Churches) - Poland (on the night of 23 or 24 June)

Midsummer (St John's Day) (between 21 June and 25 June and the preceding evening) - Austria, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, Estonia, Faroe Island, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Ireland, Italy, Jersey, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Ukraine, Slovenia, Serbia, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom, United States

Saint Jonas' Festival (Lithuania) (24 June) Tiregān (Iran) Wianki (Poland)

Autumnal Equinox

• 23 September• Most sunrays on Equator• Daytime almost same as night• Autumn (Northern Hemisphere)• Spring (Southern Hemisphere)

Referencehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?

v=TtmFpjOgtz4http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Summer_solsticehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midsummerhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EquinoxGoogle search imageLecture note (Tourism Geography)