God put us here, on this carnival ride. We close our eyes never knowing where it'll take us next.
Today one of the biggest celebrations of the year anchored Helsinki - wonderful Vappu! Vappu is truly our annual spring carnival when the city comes to life with balloons, paper serpentine, music, funnel cake, mead, champagne - so much color and enjoyment!
The highlight of this carnival is the crowning of the Havis Amanda statue that symbolizes Helsinki (the birth of the City) - a woman that has risen from the sea. In lack of a video from today's crowning, I'll add a video from last year to show you what Vappu is all about! Enjoy!
Today during work when I visited a café during my lunch break, I saw the center of Helsinki filled with wonderfully happy people! People were relaxed and having a great time with their family and friends!
My workplace celebrated Vappu already last Friday since many of my colleagues had taken this day off. Tomorrow, on the other hand, is a public holiday in Finland. I intend to spend today with my special someone, and tomorrow with a dear friend, strolling around the party filled streets of my beloved city in my graduation hat - the sailor hat looking piece of headwear you see on the picture below.
You can read about last year's Vappu celebrations in my blog post here. I hope the readers I find in Finland have an amazing Vappu, for the rest of you - I'll let you know how the festivities have gone in short!
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Do you have a special festivity/carnival in your country? How do you celebrate it?
Oh wow, this sounds like such a fun and amazing celebration! I didn't know about it until now. Very interesting to learn more about it! :)
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Yes it was! Happy you like it! How do you celebrate spring?
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Hyvää Vappua sinne! :) Valitettavasti omat juhlinnat meni töiden yms. takia vähän ohi, mutta ensi vuonna sitten ;)
ReplyDeleteKiitos samoin! :) Mulla on ennen aina mennyt töiden takia ohi, joten tänä vuonna olin iloinen et pystyin ottamaan siitä kaiken irti!
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We have so many carnivals around here. It's insane but super fun during the summer.
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Yes, we have festivals as well during summer, but Vappu is special since it's our main spring carnival! :)
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Wow, Vappu looks like so much fun! I don't know of many festivals in the UK, there are a few carnivals but they seem to be confined to one city. Although there are a few music festivals around, and religious events too.
ReplyDeleteMy boyfriend's mum is polish though, and apparently on easter monday they have a huge water fight, which sounds fun! xx
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Yes, Vappu is definately fun!
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Hi dear, thanks for sharing this traditional day with me, you probably know by now how i love learning about different cultures. It sounds really great, we just had a few public holidays this weekend, but no specific celebrations have been held. I wish we had more carnivals like this one, its unifying and fun at the same time :)
ReplyDeleteI'm happy that you enjoyed reading about Vappu :)
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Looks fun! love this post!
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Thank you, I agree!
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Nice! Welcome!
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Thank you Rakel!
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