Wednesday, June 24, 2009

Skt. Hans

Last night was Skt. Hans Aften (Midsummers Eve) in Denmark. We celebrate midsummer with a big fire while we sing about how lovely our country is and maybe have a few beers. The reason we celebrate midsummer to days after midsummer (it is actually on June 21), is apparently that the date was decided about a thousand years ago. Back then they did not have the technology to actually measure exactly when the longest day was. But they were quite close, though.

2 comments:

  1. It really is interesting how different countries and cultures celebrate certain important dates.

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