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Tamme-Lauri oak

 

The darkness of the solstice will soon be over. The day is only six hours long in northern Estonia and there is about fifteen minutes more of light in southern Estonia. Also, the islands have more light than the shores of Peipus. The „light of the snow“ will not prolong the winter day, but the day already became five minutes longer at New Year – small steps in the beginning…

 

Oskar Loorits has written:

For us, the solstice is not the moment of darkness, but a moment of new hope and the birth of the light. The solstice has not forced the Finno-Ugric people to depict winter as the period of loss but to foresee the summer birth instead – it is the strength of our religious convictions which has guided us towards the birth – happiness and joy of life, instead of fear of death...