Brighton, UK. Friday 21st December 2012. Theatre cast from the Rocky Horror Show join in with the festivities. Burning the Clocks has been a Brighton tradition for almost two decades. This event takes place on the winter solstice, the shortest day of the year. A 2,000-strong parade winds its way through the streets and people pass their handmade paper and willow lanterns – filled symbolically with their hopes and dreams – into a blazing bonfire to “burn the clocks” and welcome in the new longer day.

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21 December 2012

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Brighton, England, UK

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