Thursday, May 01, 2014

Walpurgis Night Celebrations

Walpurgis Night Celebrations Vintern rasat... We celebrated the arrival of Spring last evening during Valborgsmässoafton. All over Sweden bonfires where lit and choirs where singing songs about Spring. I visited the celebrations in Västerhaninge together with around a thousand people. I missed the torch march but I heard all the songs.

7 comments:

Jack said...

It seems like a good tradition. The top photo is blurry, probably from the air being heated by the fire.

William Kendall said...

You capture the flame beautifully!

RedPat said...

I love this idea!

Mo said...

I love hearing about traditional festivals. Another new one for me to learn about.

Stefan Jansson said...

Scroll down the the part about Sweden here to learn some more

Lasse Jansson said...

Du verkar ha upplevt ett betydligt trevligare väder än vad vi fick under firandet av Valborgsmässoafton. Din bild med kören är klassiskt svensk och värmedallret över den stora elden är ju riktigt bra och häftig!

PerthDailyPhoto said...

Such a lovely idea Steffe and translated so well in these images, j'adore the first shot with the shimmery heat haze.