Saturday, 3 May 2008

Walpurgis Night - Vintern Rasat

Walpurgis, the 30th of April, marks the end of the winter in Sweden and is the most important festive celebration of the year alongside of Christmas and Midsummer
People gather around bonfires in the evening and sing traditional songs to welcome spring.

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2 comments:

  1. Danuta3 May 2008 at 22:23

    I didn't know this custom. What a lovely song!

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  2. Ania8 May 2008 at 22:02

    I think is very interesting celebration and really beautiful song .

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