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So, only three days to Vappu!
Vappu, or Valburgs dag, or May Day, is the day celebrated world wide on the 1st of May. Globally it is also known as the International workers' day, and often has Socialist underpinnings. Vappu has generally denoted the start of Summer, and it's been celebrated as such in many parts of the world. In Finland the fest was originally known as "Hela", or "Toukojuhla" (May fest). During festivities, bonfires were burned and bells were rung to scare away evil spirits.
Vappu got its name from a Catholic saint Valburg (Walburg(?)), who lived in England and Germany in the 8th century. I really don't much about the Christian meaning of the holiday though. I've have personally only learned of the traditional (or even derelict) and modern (even less concern of mine) celebrations of Vappu. (I'm a bit of a heretic when it comes to traditions or religions, but if I had to choose I'd take the old "paganistic" traditions over the Christian or the modern socialist ones.)
During Vappu, we Finns often eat Tippaleipä ("droplet cake", a kind of funnel cake) or Munkki (round doughnuts, the name means a "monk"), and drink Sima. Other delicacies include salty pies, sausages, meatballs, potato salad, wine and champagne.
Here are some photos of some Munkki donuts being deep-fried:
And here's a photo of the early evening sky with beautiful clouds.
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So, this is related to a traditional feast and food is looking very good, at the end sky with a clouds looking very charming.
I heard Vappu festival for the first time. This is the beauty of this platform you get awareness about different culture while staying at home. Let's hope that the COVID-19 not spoil the party. Wish you healthy and safe life ahead. @gamer00
Yummy looking doughnuts! You are so lucky to have all these goodies at home!!
You seem to be enjoying it to the fullest haha
the pictures are not showing
Are the photos still not visible? I mean I did mention they seemed to be working for me, even now I can load the page just fine. I thought the problem had already ceded.
Yeah it has been fixed.
I look through it using esteemapp