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From: Cecil Pinto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Goanet]Danish Sao Joao Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2004 19:54:59 +0530
My good friend Kenneth Ribeiro, married and settled in Denmark, wrote this to me:
"Today is the Danish version of St. Johns feast called 'Sankt Hannes' .....whereby people gather around a bonfire (which actually symbolises the burning of the witches) and sing tradional songs, later there is a display of fire works......."
Do any other CyberGoans settled elsewhere know about Sao Joao celebrated in any unique way elsewhere in the world? Do they jump in wells anywhere else?
Cecil
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Cecil, once. Unhappily has'nt turned tradition.
At a birthday-party for me, during heydays of l'aff�ire Indo-Bofors, a Swedish construction company that did not wish to lose b. in I. (they eventually got the Kashmir hydro-el project) trucked in an entire 15-meter deep tarpaulin well and installed it in the grounds of the castle that had been borrowed for the tamasha: complete with a diving board.
The result was truelly spectacular. Being mid-summer near-none hesitated to take the plunge. Especially delicious proved the maidens emerging from the bath and held out in great glory by the persistant midnight sun. Venus, emerging from her bath could not have displayed any greater charm(s)!
Will keep you informed when another such event looma.
Alfred
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