Wednesday 30 April 2008

night for big fires







Tonight we celebrate Valborgsmässoafton here, with big bonfires. I just came back from Slottskogen, smell like a whole fire myself.

The fire was lit, as a later addition to tradition, by the witches from Abunda samba school. They do their best scaring the kids (who love it) and I even saw one of them steal a hot dog!

Strong artist women is needed this night. A while ago Heather shared this link to inspiration:
Squeak Carnwath

and Masala Chai this:
Tayeba Begum Lipi

Now, summer is officially invited.

8 comments:

mansuetude said...

Georgeous~ we are toasting marshmallows here on sticks by your lovely blaze. oops...One of the,m just caught on fire...! ;)

i am really surprised to see such a huge fire here, after our "fire talks" but i love it, and the links.

a witch who steals a hot dog, hmmm... funny indeed. ;)

Bibbi said...

The fire brigade was close by. I have fire plans for next post too :)

Camilla said...

I wish I could go to that!

Alexandra Hedberg said...

åh vad kul med majbrasan - jag har inte sett en "på riktigt" sedan 2000 - i Paris! Å så bra att du blev omskriven i GP. Grattis!

Bhavna Bhatnagar said...

This looks like such an interesting festival! Would read up more on it :)

Anonymous said...

These photos! They look wonderful... g

Andrea Tachezy said...

Great photos, we have these big fires too, but this year I missed it.

paula lindblom said...

Hej Bibbi!

Vilka fiiiiiina bilder, som vanligt, blev man ju sugen att vara en del av det du visar... Tyvärr var jag hemma och städade, vilket jäkla göra på en valborgsmässoafton, men ibland kommer högtider och firanden lite galet i tiden, passar liksom inte in i det man själv "måste" göra.
Härligt att se/höra att utställningen verkar gå bra... Har tyvärr inte hunnit gå förbi, men sett det genom fönstret, men det räknas väl inte???
Ha det så gött och jag kollar in med jämna mellanrum, även om jag inte har kommentars tid alla gånger.
Kramkram Paula