A sun-themed essay in the New York Times: "The word 'solstice' derives from the Latin sol (meaning sun) and statum (stand still) ... Virtually all cultures have their own way of acknowledging this moment."
A world-wide survey of customs follows - http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/20/opinion/20cohen.html --------------------------------------------------- https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial
