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Tonight is Walpurgisnacht
« on: April 30, 2021, 10:31:40 am »
Witches gather on the summit of the Brocken in the Harz Mountains to celebrate a feast with the Devil.
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Re: Tonight is Walpurgisnacht
« Reply #1 on: April 30, 2021, 12:02:45 pm »
Bon appétit!


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Re: Tonight is Walpurgisnacht
« Reply #2 on: April 30, 2021, 12:56:58 pm »
In Sweden we usually celebrate tonight with bonfires and spring songs.

But nothing this year, due to the pandemic.

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Re: Tonight is Walpurgisnacht
« Reply #3 on: April 30, 2021, 01:06:33 pm »
Not exactly a bonfire, but these are the traditional songs associated with Valborg (Walpurgis)




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Re: Tonight is Walpurgisnacht
« Reply #4 on: April 30, 2021, 04:34:06 pm »
How interesting! Thanks for sharing!
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Re: Tonight is Walpurgisnacht
« Reply #5 on: May 01, 2021, 04:03:59 pm »
You're welcome  :)

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Re: Tonight is Walpurgisnacht
« Reply #6 on: May 04, 2021, 06:59:41 am »
In my area Walpurgisnacht is normally celebrated with parties, pranks and jokes of all kinds. Sometimes our cars have gotten egged or TP-ed on Walpurgisnacht.

This year a group of people had a great idea: the morning after Walpurgisnacht, town signs in the area were mixed up! Village A was suddenly named B, B was named C and so on.  :laugh: O0


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Re: Tonight is Walpurgisnacht
« Reply #7 on: May 04, 2021, 02:47:48 pm »
In my area Walpurgisnacht is normally celebrated with parties, pranks and jokes of all kinds. Sometimes our cars have gotten egged or TP-ed on Walpurgisnacht.

This year a group of people had a great idea: the morning after Walpurgisnacht, town signs in the area were mixed up! Village A was suddenly named B, B was named C and so on.  :laugh: O0

So you moved to a new village without all the trouble of packing?  ;D
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Re: Tonight is Walpurgisnacht
« Reply #8 on: May 05, 2021, 09:41:57 am »
... the morning after Walpurgisnacht, town signs in the area were mixed up! Village A was suddenly named B, B was named C and so on.  :laugh: O0

Good thing that didn't happen during tourist season!  :laugh:
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Re: Tonight is Walpurgisnacht
« Reply #9 on: May 12, 2021, 08:52:30 pm »
I missed this.  Very cool to read!


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