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2020

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
United Nations International Day of the Celebration of the Solstice is globally observed on which day?
A
20 June
B
19 June
C
24 June
D
21 June
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -It, therefore, recognized 21 June as the International Day of the Celebration of the Solstice.

Detailed explanation-2: -: the point in the apparent path of the sun at which the sun is farthest north or south of the equator. : the time of the sun’s passing a solstice which occurs on June 22nd and on December 22nd.

Detailed explanation-3: -Yule. Yule holiday is here, and it’s time to celebrate the rebirth of light.

Detailed explanation-4: -Solstices occur at the same time around the world, but their local times vary with time zones. Traditionally, summer and winter solstices helped mark the changing of the seasons-along with their counterparts, the spring and autumnal equinoxes.

Detailed explanation-5: -Germanic. The pagan Scandinavian and Germanic people of northern Europe celebrate a winter holiday called Yule (also called Jul, Julblot, jólablót). The Heimskringla, written in the 13th century by the Icelander Snorri Sturluson, describes a Yule feast hosted by the Norwegian king Haakon the Good (c.

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