Kiss on July 1

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Kiss on July 1

***** Location: Bulgaria
***** Season: Summer, July 1
***** Category: Humanity

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Explanation

Bulgarians kiss each other as they meet the first July sunrise at the Black Sea coast of Varna, some 450 kilometers (280 miles) east of the capital Sofia, Sunday, July 1, 2007.
Every year on 1st of July hundreds of Bulgarians traditionally celebrate this July morning.


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Thousands Bulgarians Hail the Sunrise Hippy-Style on July Morning

Thousands young people gathered at Kamen Bryag village on the Black Sea coast, the traditional location for the hippy-style celebration of hailing the sunrise, known as July Morning.
The tradition dates back to the hippy period in the 1970s and 1980s and originated as a protest against the restrictions of the communist regime. Nowadays this meaning is lost but the sun worship as a symbol of a new beginning in life motivates young people to keep the tradition alive.

As the name suggests, the anthem of the celebrations is British rock band Uriah Heep's 1972 hit July Morning. This year July Morning was marked with a concert of Uriah Heep vocals John Walden and Bulgarian rock band BTR.

The tradition begs for associations with the sun worship of Peter Dunov followers, who hail the sunrise at the Hill of Prayers in the Rila mountian, which they consider to be a divine mystery.

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Worldwide use

Kissing is done at any time, any season . . . so the word

KISS is not a kigo.

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kemono tsurumu 獣交む (けものつるむ) animals mating
kemono sakaru 獣交る（けものさかる）animals in heat
. WKD : animals in spring .

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The tradition of kissing under the mistletoe -
. WKD : Mistletoe (Viscaceae) .
kigo for all winter.

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Things found on the way


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HAIKU

羨ましい　皆で祝う　夏のキス
urayamashi minna de iwau natsu no kisu

enviable--
all celebrating
summer kiss

Nakamura Sakuo

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July First Morning:
sunrise and kisses warming us
all the way through

Larry Bole

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Related words

***** Europa Saijiki


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