Valborg

Thursday was Valborg, and it is the last day of April where they burn a huge fire. I thought it was done to show that Spring is really here, by burning old leaves and old tree clippings, but I was wrong. Back in the day when Witching hunting was cool, Sweden was a fellow country that burned them at the stake.

I guess the fire was kept as a tradition and the Witch burning was slowly weaned out. But it was interesting to learn how it still survived after all these years.

Now we celebrate the fire with a semi-carnival. There was traditional Swedish candy, and sometimes they have they games for the children to play.

Unfortunately for me, the flying ashes from the fire landed on Perry's expensive spring jacket and made a nice little hole. Thank God, he didn't get burned while he was napping! But I was really sad that his jacket got ruined. BLAH.

Here are some pics. We went with Morgan's best friend and her family. =)