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Norden Folk
Copyright 2010 Midwest Institute of Scandinavian Culture Dunn County Wisconsin PO Box 522, Eau Claire, Wisconsin 54702 USA |
Modern & Old Nordic Music (Gammaldans) -- Theatre Arts -- Genealogy Nordic Wood Craft/Carving -- Visual Arts -- Painting -- Rosemaling(Norwegian) -- Dalmålning (Swedish) -- Culinary Arts -- Genealogy Studies |
If you arrive early at a Midsommar celebration perhaps you'll have a chance to maja (my-uh)...weave a long garland of flowers and greenery and drape the majstång (my-stong)--midsommar pole---not Maypole. Volunteers parade the long garland behind a procession of musicians, marching to a Scandinavian gånglåt (gong-lote) a walking song. They drape the midsummer pole, tip it high, up--up and admire nature´s beauty against the summer sky. Everyone then dances around the pole, pretending to be frogs, hopping, bobbing and waving to the music. Then follows music and food with your new Scandinavian friends...what a way to spend the longest day of the summer. |
Some images: Image Bank Sweden |