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On June 24 , the summer solstice, the traditional calendar names the celebration known inBucovina as 'Sanziene' .

Snziene rooted in an ancient solar cult. Solar holidays are thresholds over year like thethresholds o human lie and re!uire similar rituals. Solstices and e!uino"es create scenarios andmythical creatures, acts o divination, ancient mysteries and stories opening the gates ofheaven . The name is probably taken aterSancta Diana, the goddess of the forest( Roman goddess of hunting and forests ) or ater small golden-yello ild floersith seet smell ( bedstra ) . !n the Southo the countrythey are called DR"#"!$" ,Sun Day , %rsina , "mu&itul $ucului.

" fe days after the summer solstice , moment that marks the solar clima'road , henthe star is at its enith , the highest point of the arch of heaven , Snienecome iththe hitestnight of love and the armest day of the year. Solar and mooncelebrationas well, the Snienede#end onfirebythe torches lit by lads and rotated as the Sungoes u#the sky and also on ater by the de washin$ritual practiced by young girls.

Sniene ere considered, even by the time of $antemir as phytomorphicrepresentations ( *idsummer floers ) and anthropomorphic deities . !n traditionalbelief , Sniene ere considered to be some beautiful omen , true priestesses ofthe Sun ,night deitieshidden intodark oods, une'plored by man. !t is possible thatin ancient times the people of the mountains to be found at Solsticetimes( Snienele ) or e+uinoctial to celebrate Sun holy rites, the supreme god giving light,heat and food. $limani megaliths whereere discovered solar si$ns( rosettes ,anthropomorphied sun ) may be evidence in this regard, $limani bein$ the placehere ere held summer celebrations rom which later ere local edeilewere derived.

%nlike entecost , hich are beautiful and bad, Snienele are beautiful and good .

They live in groups , hidden from human eyes and make their presence felt only inthe night of /0 1une /2 , hen the heavens open . 3hen floating in the air , dancingin meados and shore aters, gro grain heat,intensifythe smell of floers ,increase the healing poer of medicinal plants . They also protect children fromdisease ,and sto# hail and storm , multiply birds of the air and land animals .

%o women they brin$beautiful and healthy babies and to vir$ins the meant one.!fpeople are bad , Sniene become ruthless and punishthemas they should be4 causedrought , take back the cure o plants, smell o floers, female fertility , male poer ,fruit of the earth ... 5oever , Sniana , DR"#"!$" , is more loved than feared , andits name is #ronounced ithout fear and hen invoked , the peasants call her name invarious ays 4 &ueen oields6 *s. 7airy , *s. $lu8arilor , 9ady o Sisters , Bride,:mpress ...