Lughnasadh is a Gaelic festival marking the start of harvest. It is commonly celebrated on July 31st and August 1st, halfway though the summer solstice and the autumn equinox. The festival was named after the god Lugh, it involves great gatherings that included religious ceremonies, athletic ritual contest, matchmaking, and feasting. Evidence show that the religious ritual consited of offering the first corn, a feast of new food, the sacrifice of a bull and the ritual play dance (wikipedia, 2013).
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