Funny holidays - Sun Bunnies Festival

The ray of sun that is reflected from mirrors and glass is very restless - it flickers and constantly jumps, trying to disappear. A speck of light that appears on the surface jumps and runs away like a hare. The rays are best observed on flat surfaces - on the floor, walls, ceiling and furniture. Due to its flickering and spasmodic behavior, the optical phenomenon in everyday life is called the “sunbeam”. Scientists have long studied the halo effect and one of its varieties - parahelium. With it, several suns can be observed in the sky above the horizon at the same time. These rainbow spots appear at the level of the star due to the refraction of its rays in ice crystals that are present in the Earth's atmosphere. A funny holiday has been established in honor of this natural phenomenon. This celebration is especially popular among children. Every year on June 5th the Sun Bunnies Festival is celebrated. Artists spiritualize them by depicting highlights in the form of cute fluffy balls, which become characters in books and cartoons. Sunny bunnies, a symbol of spring and childhood, are present in poems and songs. In the Soviet film “Once More About Love,” the main character, played by Tatyana Doronina, sings with a guitar: The song in an allegorical form talks about how difficult it is for an adult to give up fantasies. Children float paper boats through puddles, dream of traveling to distant lands and believe in daisy fortune telling. As you grow older, illusions dissipate: the world around you turns out to be not as fabulous as you would like, and the only thing that does not disappoint and remains unchanged after years is the sunbeam. It brings joy into our lives and helps lift the spirits of adults and children. In order to launch a sunbeam, it is enough to have a small mirror or a piece of glass. With their help, they “catch” rays of light and direct them in the right direction. Cute and harmless children's fun is not only a game, but also a way to transmit a distress signal. Flashes of light from a flashlight, a lighted fire, or a sunbeam cast on the glass of a helicopter cabin save the lives of people who find themselves in an emergency situation. In honor of the holiday, competitions, themed games and drawing competitions are organized among preschool children. There are other events taking place on June 5th. They sound riddles and poems dedicated to radiant bunnies - companions of a happy childhood, the memories of which warm a person, like the warmth of the sun, throughout his life.