Lita (Lus Askiv Litha) yog ib qho kev coj noj coj ua nyob sab Europe hnub nyoog ntawm Midsummer. Nws yog ua kev zoo siab rau lub caij ntuj sov solstice (Lub Rau Hli 20-21), thaum lub hnub tuaj txog nws lub ncov. Hauv cov lus European sib txawv, hnub no tuaj yeem muaj ntau lub npe: Lita, Ligo, Midsummer, Midsummer, Midsummer Hnub, Kupala.
Keeb kwm, hnub so no yog txuam nrog Celtic kev lig kev cai. Ntawm cov Celtic cov neeg ntawm tebchaws Askiv thaum ub, Lita yog ib lub ntawm yim lub caij so ntawm lub log ntawm lub xyoo, piv txwv txog lub caij hloov ntawm xwm nyob rau hauv tus ntawm kev txav ntawm lub hnub ib ncig ntawm lub ntiaj teb.
Hauv cov kab lis kev cai pagan, ntau qhov kev ntseeg tau cuam tshuam nrog Midsummer Hnub. Nws ntseeg tau tias qhov no yog hmo tshwj xeeb ntawm lub xyoo thaum lwm cov tub rog muaj zog tshaj plaws thiab tuaj yeem tshwm sim lawv tus kheej hauv lub neej zoo tib yam. Lub ritualism ntawm hnub so kom meej meej qhia tias kev ntseeg ntawm lub Hnub cuam tshuam nrog nws. Nws tsis yog qhov xwm txheej uas qhov chaw tseem ceeb hauv kev ua koob tsheej yog nqa los ntawm ntau hom kev hais plaub ntawm cov kab hluav taws: bonfires, taws, taws tswm ciab, lub log ntawm hluav taws.
Qhov tshwj xeeb tseem ceeb tau muab nrog rau daim ntau ntawm cov kauj ntoo zoo nkauj. Taws los yog txhuam ntoo tau sau ua ntej, thiab hauv qee lub tebchaws tsuas yog qee hom ntoo tuaj yeem siv rau qhov no. Hauv tshwj xeeb, hauv Fab Kis thiab Valencia, rau ivan hluav taws, ntxiv rau qhov hluav taws kub zoo tib yam, ceg ntoo blackberry tau ib txwm txuas ntxiv. Qhov hluav taws kub rau qhov hluav taws kub kuj tau txais hauv qhov tshwj xeeb, "huv si" txoj kev, siv kev sib txhuam lossis lub khob tsom.
Hauv cov kab ke neopagan niaj hnub, cov cim ntawm Midsummer Hnub raug suav hais tias: hluav taws, Lub Hnub, mistletoe, nplooj ntoo qhib, bonfires thiab elves-fairies. Cov paj ntoo, cov tshuaj tsw qab, lub plhaub, lub txiv ntoo lub caij ntuj sov, nrog rau kev hlub amulets thiab cov cim tau siv dav los kho cov chaw siab. Feem ntau, cov neeg ua kev zoo siab Lita dai lawv lub tsev nrog cov ceg ntoo ntsuab, wreaths thiab garlands ntawm cov paj tshiab. Cov nroj tsuag tseem ceeb rau hnub so no yog St. John lub wort, fennel, birch, lilies dawb, hare cabbage.
Tau ntau pua xyoo, nyob rau hnub so ntawm Lita, lawv ib txwm coj tshuaj tsw qab thiab tshuaj ntsuab, seev cev hauv cov voj voog, thiab txhim tsa cov kab ke kev ua koob tsheej. Nyob rau yav tsaus ntuj, tom qab tsaus ntuj, cov teeb tsaj teeb ntawm cov txheej txheem tau npaj thiab lub ntaj ntoo kab ntsig tau taws. Hmo ntuj ntawm lub caij ntuj sov solstice tau suav tias yog lub sijhawm tsim nyog tshaj plaws rau kev tshaj lij kev qhia, kev faib tawm thiab kev sib txuas lus nrog dab.
Ib qho tseem ceeb ua ke tau dhia dhau lub tsiab peb caug festive, uas tshwj xeeb tej yam yees siv lub zog tau ntaus nqi. Raws li cov tswv yim ntawm cov neeg txheej thaum ub, cov jumps zoo li no tsis tsuas yog pab ntxuav cov neeg tuaj koom, tab sis kuj tseem tuaj yeem muab kev tiv thaiv thiab kev vam meej rau tsev neeg tau ib xyoos.
