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City of Dublin Winter Solstice Celebration Festival 2018
Press Release November 2018 Smashing Times and
Slí an Chroí, in partnership with Dublin Institute of Technology, are delighted
to announce the 9th annual City of Dublin Winter Solstice Celebration
Festival taking place on Friday 21 December 2018 from 4 to 7pm.
Where: DIT
Grangegorman Campus to Smithfield Square When: 21
December 2018 Indoor
Festival: 4-5.30pm Outdoor Festival and Parade: 5.30-7pm
Indoor
Festival: 4-5.30pm at DIT Grangegorman Campus The gathering begins. All are
welcome to come and enjoy a spectacular Céilí featuring traditional Irish
dancing and music, storytelling performances, poetry readings, face painting
and craft making to work on masks, banners and wreaths for the parade.
Outdoor Festival and Parade: 5.30-7pm, An Croí,
DIT Grangegorman Campus to Smithfield Square Parade assembles at 5.30pm and starts at 5.40pm, moving from DIT Grangegorman Campus to Smithfield Square and culminates in the Winter Solstice Fire Ceremony. All activities are free.
Young and old are invited to
take part in this year’s magical parade which honours the Winter Solstice on
December 21, marking the shortest day of the year which is celebrated worldwide
across a range of cultures. This family festival is a colourful gathering of local
communities with national and international visitors celebrating the Winter
Solstice, bringing together céilí dancing, traditional storytelling, poetry and
craft making with the processional parade culminating in a powerful and moving
collective fire ceremony in Dublin’s Smithfield Square. The celebration invites everyone
to take part in this inclusive gathering of people of all ethnicities and
cultures through costuming, drumming, parading, flag carrying and being a
participant in the Winter Solstice Fire Ceremony, the traditional climax on
Smithfield Square.
Come and gather with us on the
darkest day, step into the warmth of the indoor festival for storytelling,
poetry recitals, a céilí, face painting, music and craft making. Meet with The
Sun Queen and Snow Princesses, place your withies in the flame, join us in the
colourful drum led parade to Smithfield Square and be there as we raise our
fire to the world in a roaring climactic moment. Bring
warm, colourful clothes to wear for the parade. Red and yellow colours are preferable. Please also feel free to
carry your own battery operated lanterns, or a drum or rattle if you have one.
Come and welcome the return of the light on this festive and magical night for
family and friends to enjoy. The City Of Dublin Winter Solstice Celebration
Festival 2018 is a family friendly, participatory and inclusive festival.
For further information please visit the Smashing Times website or contact the Smashing Times
office on info@smashingtimes.ie or call us on +353 (0) 1 865
6613 Follow us on Facebook
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