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Thousands of revellers gathered at Stonehenge in Wiltshire on Sunday morning to welcome the sunrise on the winter solstice - the shortest day of the year.
Wearing Celtic clothing and elaborate, nature-inspired headdresses, druids and pagans danced around the Neolithic stone circle in Wiltshire thought to have been built by distant ancestors to align with the movements of the Sun.
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Druids and pagans danced near the Neolithic stone circle to mark the winter solstice
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There was also singing before sunrise on the shortest day of the year
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Several pagans wore elaborate, nature-inspired headdresses
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Traditional morris dancers also welcomed the sunrise
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As did a collection of drummers
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People also gathered on Glastonbury Tor to see in the shortest day
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Things can only get brighter from here: people celebrate the winter solstice as it marks the start of daylight hours getting longer instead of shorter
