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Why this year's summer solstice matters so much for a new religious movement mired in controversy

  • Written by Simranjit Khalsa, Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of Memphis
Why this year's summer solstice matters so much for a new religious movement mired in controversyA woman teaches a dance form, known as bhangra, during a 3HO gathering. Gurumustuk Singh/Flickr, CC BY-NC-SA

Throngs of people, most wearing white clothing and many adorned in traditional Sikh attire, gathered in the Jemez mountains of New Mexico in June 2019. The occasion was the summer solstice. Those who came to celebrate were part of a...

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