Song of the Day - 20th March
Today's Song of the Day is being posted later than usual as I have been out all day in Leeds doing work (the kind that pays the bills!) But I couldn't let the Spring Equinox go by without taking note of it. It is midway between solstices - today is the day when daylight and dark hours are equal. An important day in the countdown to summer, the spring equinox is celebrated by festivities world-wide. There are mass water fights in Thailand, sun worship at Mayan pyramids in Mexico, egg-standing battles in China and feasting in Iran. Many of the celebrations happen amid a riot of music, colour and dancing and have become treasured customs, and in some places, controversial tourist attractions. For the likes of pagans and druids, the spring equinox (Ostara) is celebrated as a time of renewal and rebirth – and 5000-year-old Stonehenge in Wiltshire is the best known place to gather in the UK. It attracts people from all over the world (including many curious tourists) who congregate a...