In Latvian tradition the November Cross-quarter Day #Mārtiņi (November 6ish) between Autumn Equinox and Winter Solstice (root of #Samhain, #AllHallowsEve, #Halloween, #Divali etc) marks the beginning of winter and end of the Time of Spirits. Time to remember and welcome, celebrate lost loved ones before the veil between our world and theirs 'closes' again.
Blog post and video from last year.
https://cohanmagazine.blogspot.com/2023/11/martins-day-god-to-welcome-winter-snow.html

https://youtu.be/ZI81KOBZcBc?si=mE9P_CGwqWgRPM2U
#pagan #animist #Latvian #SeasonalRhythms #OldCalendar

春や来し年や行きけん小晦日 芭蕉
haru ya koshi toshi ya yukiken kotsugomori

is spring here?
is the year over?
second-to-last-day
—Bashō

(also in the post, I explore the curious phenomenon of spring coming before the lunar new year this year, a complexity of the old Japanese calendar)

https://laspina.org/spring-and-setsubun-before-the-new-year-in-poetry/

#haiku #Basho #spring #oldcalendar