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VAPPU Walpurgis Night is a holiday celebrated on April 30 or May 1, in large parts of Central and Northern Europe
Kaivopuistossa vappuna 2007, Helsinki 01.05.2007
International patterns can be discerned behind most of our festivities, but these foreign influences have, with time, been moulded into a true Finnish tradition. May Day is a case in point. Finnish Vappu combines such varied influences as the international workers' movement, European celebrations of spring, the traditional springtime revelry of Scandinavian students, the modern street carnival and the Finnishstyle enthusiasm for drinking. These ingredients all go to create a truly homespun Finnish carnival. On Vappu, every Finn celebrates the spring regardless of the fact that it may still be snowing...
Kaivopuistossa vappuna 2007, Helsinki 01.05.2007
VAPPU 2006
1th May 2006 at Kaivopusto Helsinki Foto: Monika Kahle Man trifft sich hier mit Freunden und Familie zum Picknick, oder einfach nur um was zu trinken oder dabei zu sein. Die weissen Kappen sind das Zeichen fuer all diejenigen, die das Abitur in der Tache haben :-)
Foto: Monika Kahle
Foto: Monika Kahle
Foto: Ilpo Bister
Foto: Ilpo Bister
Foto: Monika Kahle
1th May - Vappu at Helsinki, Kaivopuisto Fotos: Monika Kahle
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