US EditionGreenland Celebrates Its National Day to Mark the Summer Solstice
- Greenlanders celebrated National Day, their largest summer festival, on Saturday with songs, cannon salutes, and dances to mark the solstice under 24 hours of sunlight.
- The national holiday was established in 1985 after a referendum on home rule, featuring the inaugural raising of the Greenlandic flag.
- Local resident Johannes Ostermann expressed his love for the holiday, stating that 'it’s a big day for Greenland and we enjoy each other’s company.'
- Sofie Abelsen highlighted the importance of celebrations for Indigenous people, citing concerns over 'modernization and globalization' as a danger to their culture.
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Greenland celebrates its National Day to mark the summer solstice
Greenlanders have celebrated National Day, the Arctic island’s biggest summer festival, to mark the solstice with songs, cannon salutes and dances under 24 hours of sunlight.
Today is Greenland's National Day, and it is being celebrated in several places in the country with seal hunting competitions and music.
Today is Greenland's National Day, and a large part of the day is celebrated at the Greenlandic House in Copenhagen. The house opens at 2 pm, and the festivities begin with a flag-raising in Løvstræde and a communal singing, "Nunarput utoqqarsuanngoravit". Throughout the day there is music, speeches and communal singing, and when evening falls, there is live music. The program can be read here.
Greenland is currently on everyone's lips. Today is Greenland's National Day, namely on the longest day of summer, June 21st.
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