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Bonfire set to celebrate summer solstice in N Finland

（Xinhua）  10:45, June 22, 2013  

Girls with garlands celebrate summer solstice during a bonfire ceremony in Lapland, north Finland in the Arctic Circle, in June 21, 2013. As Lapland situates in the Arctic Circle, there happens polar day in Summer solstice. Night and day the midnight sun stays above the horizon.(Xinhua/Yan Ting)

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（Editor：LiXiang、Hongyu）

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