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remind them of the sufferings of Christ on the cross. A similar custom is mentioned in the book "Frauenzimmerlexicon", published in 1715 in
Leipzig (Germany), which describes how bachelors and virgins "bid each other goodmorning" by flogging each other and spreading ashes on each other. This custom is also known in both Denmark and Norway.
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and, also, at non-religious celebrations in city squares etc. This tradition is also celebrated in Scania (SkÄne) in southern Sweden, a formerly Danish area. To play this game, a wooden barrel full of candy is strung up in a suitable location and then the game is on: the participants each get a go to
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The traditions of
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Earlier, it was mainly the young women and the infertile who were flogged. It was also common that a young man would carry his "fastelavnsris" and gently strike at young women he met on the street. Later it became the children's special right to flog their parents on this day.In any case, the reward
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Swedish) have many shapes and forms and differ from area to area. In some areas they are bunches of twigs, usually from fruit trees and preferably with buds. Those are often decorated with feathers, egg-shells, storks and little figures of babies. In other areas, they
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in the early 1500s. Historically, there was a real cat in the barrel, and beating the barrel and chasing the cat symbolised demolishing evil and chasing it away. It was practised up until the 1800s, with the last known event occurring in the 1880s. The cat was not killed, but allowed to escape when
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Fastelavn processions are not practised on any notable scale anymore, but used to form an important part of the festivities for centuries in
Denmark. Unmarried adults dressed up in costumes and visited houses of their choice across town. Here they teased, danced and gathered food and money for the
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focuses on "appearances and what it means to hide behind a mask or be in disguise." After the church service concludes, congregants enjoy
Shrovetide buns (fastelavnsboller) while children celebrate the custom of knocking the barrel (which symbolizes battling evil) and then consuming the sweets and
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have produced annual masquerade balls in Oslo in the historical renovated freemasons lodge in the
Carnival tradition, with masks, costumes and processions after attending an opera performance. The Carnival season also includes Fastelavens sĂžndag (with cream buns) and fastelavensris with decorated
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even wrote a song about abolishing what he saw as problematic customs. However, the costume games were popular among the common people and they continued to be practised nonetheless. Today, groups of costumed children walk from door to door to sing and collect candy and small-change money. On
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also attended the
Carnival, and wrote "aus dem Karneval" (folkelivsbilleder Op. 19). After the Rococo Hall at Grand Hotel opened in 1894, annual balls in the Carnival season were arranged until the hall was destroyed in a fire in 1957. Since 1988, the student organization
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Fastelavn celebration. If married people and the elderly wanted to take part in the festivities, they could put on costumes and visit friends to tease and have fun. These costume games were not liked by Danish authorities, and were outlawed by them in 1683;
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the barrel was broken. The practise also used to be popular in Holland and similar events were known from Germany, called "Katzenschlagen". The Danish tradition is still celebrated today, but candy is used instead of a cat.
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