Today was Midsummer. In Denmark that is a day of celebration and large bonfires. In our little village we have a tradition of gathering in our neighbor’s barn for a barbecue.
At 8pm the neighbor starts his little, old, red tractor. All the kids have been waiting for this moment. This is the time for ice cream and tractor ride. They all gather, sitting on hay bales on the tractor wagon, while the adults walk behind. Then the entire village population walks or drives to our secret bonfire place.
We all gathered wood and weeds all Spring to burn on this day. It always turns out to be a gigantic bonfire. Sometimes we build a witch doll to burn. According to ancient tradition, the fire sends all witches and other evil beings to Bloksberg in Germany, because, that is where all evil belongs…??
It’s such a weird tradition, making about as much sense, as dragging a tree into the living room around Christmas time. I have no idea why Danes seem to believe all evil belongs at Bloksberg. But my husband went up Bloksberg a few weeks back. He says it’s pure hell climbing up there on a bike. So perhaps the tradition is not half wrong ;P
As the flames dance, we sing the traditional Midsummer song: Midsommervisen
For today’s drawing I got a request from my sweet brother: Feet!
Mom is visiting for Midsummer. We had a wonderful evening and as requested: Mom’s feet 🙂
