Bonne Saint-Jean-Baptiste!
One of the biggest Holidays is celebrated today in Canada.
The celebration of Saint-Jean-Baptiste!
Québécois Traditional Music :
The Birthday of John the Baptist.
John the Baptist (c. 1st century BC – c. AD 30) was a preacher active in the area of Jordan River in the early 1st century AD.
He is also known as John the Forerunner in Christianity, John the Immerser in some Baptist Christian traditions, and Prophet Yahya in Islam. He is sometimes alternatively referred to as John the Baptizer.
In the Yukon ….
A national holiday in the Canadian province of Quebec and celebrated by French Canadians worldwide, especially in Canada and the United States, Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day, June 24, honors the traditional feast day of the Nativity — or birth — of St. John the Baptist. The religious nature of the holiday has been de-emphasized for civic events, and “la St-Jean” is now mainly a celebration of francophone culture and history filled with public events, parades, barbecues, picnics and fireworks. Bonne Saint-Jean-Baptiste!