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Midsummer dancing madness
In Europe, there were originally pagan celebrations with wild dancing. Midsummer Day was Christianised as the Feast of St John the Baptist, patron of Aix-la-Chapelle (Aachen) in Germany. There, and German people thronged there on his day, June 24, for the dancing. In 1374 the Rhine flooded and the dancing of the peasants, whose lives were sorely afflicted beyond their normal poverty, went wild. The 'dancing madness' became known as St John’s Dance.
Alicante, Spain
Tradition says that the night of San Juan (June 24) is a magical one (in Rome it is said that witches take to the air) and anyone swimming in the sea or who washes his/her face with sea water at the stroke of midnight will preserve eternal beauty.
Midsummer dancing madness
In Europe, there were originally pagan celebrations with wild dancing. Midsummer Day was Christianised as the Feast of St John the Baptist, patron of Aix-la-Chapelle (Aachen) in Germany. There, and German people thronged there on his day, June 24, for the dancing. In 1374 the Rhine flooded and the dancing of the peasants, whose lives were sorely afflicted beyond their normal poverty, went wild. The 'dancing madness' became known as St John’s Dance.
Alicante, Spain
Tradition says that the night of San Juan (June 24) is a magical one (in Rome it is said that witches take to the air) and anyone swimming in the sea or who washes his/her face with sea water at the stroke of midnight will preserve eternal beauty.
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