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Template:Winter solstice
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Winter solstice
and
midwinter
festivals
Africa
Goru
: Mali (
Dogon
)
Dzon'ku Nu
†
: West Africa (
Papaws
)
Americas
Inti Raymi
°: Peru (
Inca
†
)
Jonkonnu
°:
Caribbean
° (African American)
Soyal
: US (
Zuni
,
Hopi
)
We Tripantu
: Chile (
Mapuche
)
Asia
Amaterasu
†
: Japan
Choimus
Deygān, Maidyarem
°: (
Zoroastrian
)
Dōngzhì, Tōji
: (
East Asian
)
Lohri
,
Pongal
,
Makar Sankranti
°:
India
(
Hindu
)
Sanghamitta Day
: Sri Lanka (
Buddhist
)
Şeva Zistanê
: (
Kurdish
)
Yalda
: Iran (
Persian
)
Europe
Beiwe
: (
Saami
)
Brumalia
†
: Ancient Greece
Christmas
: Roman Empire° (
Christian
)
Dies Natalis Solis Invicti
†
: Roman Empire
Hogmanay
°: Scotland
Korochun
°: (
Slavs
)
Mōdraniht
†
: England (
Anglo-Saxon
)
Montol Festival
,
Mummer's Day
°: Cornwall (
Celts
)
Saturnalia
†
: Rome
Wren's Day
°: Ireland, Isle of Man, Wales (
Celts
)
Yule
°: (
Germanic
)
Ziemassvētki
: Baltic (
Romuva
)
Oceania
Matariki
°: New Zealand (
Māori
)
† dagger indicates extinction. ° degree symbol indicates changes in date, name or location. ( ) indicate demographic