On this night, spring is welcomed by festivities throughout Sweden. Huge bonfires are built, torchlight parades are held, and songfests commemorate the death of winter. This tradition dates back to the Middle Ages and has pagan roots.
I'm not entirely sure, but I think it's just another part of the "last-day-of-April" celebrations -- all of the students do like a show on the backs of trucks and so on down the Avenue. These "shows" are mainly typical (drunken) student jokes, making fun of different events throughout the past year and so on. Some interesting things were a Jeep-like vehicle with a small jet engine attached, a marching band and baton-twirling girls, a giant dummy being fed Viagra and stuff like that.
The funny thing about these celebrations, of the departure of winter and to welcome warm weather, was that it was actually warm yesterday and today.
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Date: 2001-05-01 05:54 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2001-05-01 08:51 am (UTC)These "shows" are mainly typical (drunken) student jokes, making fun of different events throughout the past year and so on. Some interesting things were a Jeep-like vehicle with a small jet engine attached, a marching band and baton-twirling girls, a giant dummy being fed Viagra and stuff like that.
The funny thing about these celebrations, of the departure of winter and to welcome warm weather, was that it was actually warm yesterday and today.