What is "jaanipaev"

Jaanipäev is the longest celebrated Public holliday in Estonia. On Jaaniõhtu (the night of Jaanilaupäev and the night before Jaanipäev) Estonians all around the country will gather with their families, or at larger events to celebrate this important day with singing and dancing, drinking and eating and lighting the bonfires, as Estonians have done for centuries. Jaanipäev is arguably the most important holiday, more important than Christmas in the yearly calendar for Estonians. __INDEX__