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Walpurgis Night, Stockholm, Sweden : Reviews of Walpurgis Night - Yahoo! Travel
Sweden was brought into the Christian Church a long time ago, but those emissaries from Rome did not manage to root out all of the pagan rituals that had been a w...
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World Events Guide - Walpurgis Night
Walpurgis Night marks the end of the long, hard winter and is celebrated on 30 April with bonfires, choirs and parties. Celebrations take place throughout the country on the eve of the feast of St Walburga, which was traditionally a German custom, and often involves the whole town or community. The ...
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Walpurgis Night in Sweden - Celebrating Walpurgis Night in Sweden - A Swedish Tradition
Lighting the popular bonfires is an ancient custom related to keeping away evil spirits, especially demons and witches. Nowadays, Walpurgis Night is usually seen as a celebration of springtime. The Skansen Open-Air museum celebrates the largest and most historical Valborg celebration in Sweden's cap...
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Walpurgis Night - SWEDEN.SE
Celebrating Walpurgis Night on the eve of the feast of St Walburga was originally a German custom. Walburga, who was an abbess in Germany in the 8th century, has become Sweden's Valborg. Lighting bonfires, especially in the eastern parts of Sweden, is an ancient custom: it was done to scare off pred...
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Walpurgis Night | Scandinavian Culture & Holidays | Genuine Scandinavia
Named after St Walpurga, an eighth-century abbess in Germany. In Sweden, 'Valborg' has her name-day on 1 May, which is called 'Valborgsm�ssa'. Eve, in Swedish, is 'afton'. On the evening of April 30th, crowds of Scandinavian men and women gather around roaring bonfires. In university towns, many wea...
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