Idag är det Valborg :)

Majbål... Har nog inte sett något på 10 år eller mer...hehe.. Och idag tror jag att det närmaste vi kommer ett majbål är där det ska grillas ;)

Jag och Karro funderade för någon dag sedan varför man firar Valborg, så jag slog upp det idag.

The current festival is, in most countries that celebrate it, named after Saint Walburga (ca. 710-777/9). As Walburga was canonized on 1 May (ca. 870), she became associated with May Day, especially in the Finnish and Swedish calendars. The eve of May day, traditionally celebrated with dancing, came to be known as Walpurgisnacht ("Walpurga's night").

The German term is recorded in the 17th century, e.g. by Johannes Praetorius (1668), as S. Walpurgis Nacht or S. Walpurgis Abend. In earlier references, 1 May is more typically referred to as Jacobi Philippi (after James the Less and Philip, the apostles whose feast day falls on 1 May), e.g. in the Calendarium Perpetuum by Johannes Coler (1603, p. 89).

The 17th century German tradition of a meeting of sorcerers and witches on May Day is influenced by the descriptions of Witches' Sabbaths in 15th and 16th century literature.

Also celebrated in Finland, Estonia, Lituania and Czech Republic

Read more HERE.

Hur firar ni Valborg i år?

xoxo,
Vicky