WHEN: Wednesday, June 23
WHERE: Frederiksberg Garden
TIME: 18:00 Meeting at Frederiksberg Garden's main entrance ( Runddel 1A, 2000 Frederiksberg)
19:00 - 21:20 Entertainment with different choirs and community singing
21:20 - 21:30 Speech by Minister of Culture - Per Stig Møller
21:30 Litting of the fire and some more singing
TO BRING: Food for yourself, a blanket to sit on, warm clothes (remember we're in Scandinavia :-))
We you'll join.
The CONNECTteam :-)
*The 24th of June is supposedly the birthday of John the Baptist. However, like Christmas eve, Sankt Hans evening is also a remnant from historical heden tradition. Sankt Hans evening coincides with the known Midsummer where the longest day of the year is celebrated. This celebration has been the most important celebration of the summer. It is also known as the burning of the witch. This is not in direct linkage to the medieval burning of the witches though. A figure resembling a witch is placed on top of the fire and it is said that the witch is flying to Bloksbjerg (the mountain Blok) in Harzen (DE). The bon fire as well as the witch is a newer tradition coming from German craftsman who visited Kalundborg (DK) in the 1860'ies. In connection to the traditional midsummer rituals farmers would have bon fires but the purpose was to scare withes and evil spirits away and not burn them on the fire.
