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Happy Juhannus(midsummer) Everyone!
Happy Juhannus Everyone! 
Juhannus is the name for traditional Finnish Midsummer-festival for the night without sun setting at all..
In Helsinki sun sets at 22.50 and rises at 3.54 am. In Oulu(northern Finland) sun sets at 0.21 am and rises at 2.18 am 
We party all day, all night, because it never really gets dark. People just go absolutely crazy. It's the second biggest party/holiday of the year for us. How about you? How do you celebrate midsummer back home, if at all? I know at least scandinavians do.
ps, I guess I wont be sleeping much either saturday night, it helps that my biological clock usually just flips out at Juhannus 
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June 20, 2003, 16:09
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OK, for all the pagans who care, happy Midsummer, or happy John-day as they call it here  .
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June 20, 2003, 16:21
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Hey Solver, how do you celebrate Midsummer in Latvia?
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June 20, 2003, 16:25
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It's the biggest and oldest celebration here... from pagan times. They drink a lot, eat whatever the national food here is, stay up all night, and jump over fire.
I know I should know more details, but I don't... however, you get more congratulations these days than even on New Year, so it's important. In cities, all kinds of public feasts are made.
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June 20, 2003, 16:28
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Thats almost the same we do here. We eat a lot of beef and sausages, drink beer or booze, and dance around huge bonfires. Pagan ritual? Sure, of course.
I guess we have somewhat same traditions and beliefs as you do, afterall were almost neighbourgs..
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June 20, 2003, 16:58
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June 20, 2003, 17:01
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June 20, 2003, 17:06
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So, you DO have midsummer traditions in Israel too!
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June 20, 2003, 17:14
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Oh no. just a coinsidence. The ancient semitic calendars were lunar.
Today was "drunk orgy" day.
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June 20, 2003, 17:34
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Drunk orgy, sounds familiar
It's funny, I had this jewish australian friend of mine visiting Finland last fall. It was his first visit to Finland and we were going out to check Helsinki nightlife. Anyway, we were starting up at my friends flat, drinking mostly beer. We finns say "kippis" for cheers and as we said this our australian friend suddently started laughing his ass of. Later he explained that kippis sounded very much like australian/english expression "get pissed". Well, i think that it captures the finnish way of drinking pretty well anyway.
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June 20, 2003, 17:56
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OK, for all the pagans who care, happy Midsummer, or happy John-day as they call it here .
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Give me a Pagan over a Christian any day! At least Pagans know how to have a good time!
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June 20, 2003, 18:07
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Yeah.. dancing 'round maypoles and singing/imitating frogs
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June 20, 2003, 19:10
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Singing/imitating frogs? In israel? Man, you are weird people...
BTW Did you like the mp3?
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June 20, 2003, 19:12
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Tomorrow evening is the Music Day in France (an as far as I heard, in other parts of the world as well). The best day of the year to spend in Paris IMHO
However, it is a very young tradition, as it dates back to the 80's.
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June 20, 2003, 19:27
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Music Day, the best day in Paris? How come, what's happening there?
A young tradition..speaking of traditions one of the best french writers to describe them was Marcel Mauss in his "l'Essai sur le don"
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June 20, 2003, 19:29
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Singing/imitating frogs? In israel? Man, you are weird people...
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I'm not israeli
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I liked it
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June 20, 2003, 19:40
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Not israeli? Oh, sorry I didnt know. I'm glad you liked the mp3, although I must admit it's a little melancholic, as we Finns like it. It's one of the few things people here recognize to be Russian slavic influence.
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June 20, 2003, 19:42
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Not israeli? Oh, sorry I didnt know. I'm glad you liked the mp3, although I must admit it's a little melancholic, as we Finns like it.
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Suicide music from the professionals?
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June 20, 2003, 19:48
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No, it's just beatiful. Although hearing that in the right mood can make you feel a little suicidal It reminds me of few years back when I was 15 and the world was a virgin to me. I guess we Finns are after all quite sentimental, even Kimi Räikkönen
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June 20, 2003, 19:58
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Actually, I'm swedish.. and I described the kind of activites swedish people engage in at midsummer Besides eating lots of weird food and drink alcohol that is. I'm quite pleased I'm not compelled to participate.
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June 20, 2003, 20:09
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Cool, a swede here. And why do you not participate or wish to participate in Midsummer activities?
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June 20, 2003, 20:31
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I'm just antisocial I guess
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Many people who play music as a hobby go on the streets and play, while the bystanders enjoy the show, and sing along or dance. Even though the day itself is planned, the musicians and bystanders are spontaneous.
A few well-known artists give a free concert in some big plaza. This is the day where every Parisian goes out on the street to party, and this is the day where an excellent mood lies on Paris (and other French cities as well).
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June 21, 2003, 07:55
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That bum Pekka started early
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June 22, 2003, 10:53
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Phew! What a traffic jam! Thank god it's only about 100 km to our summer cottage. I probably would gone crazy driving second longer. I just love city, this city
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I don't remember ****  
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June 22, 2003, 11:05
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So I reckon your juhannus was a complete success?
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On saturday? Our midsummer's eve was on friday. The Swedish tradition has both maypoles and copious amounts of alcohol, so we get the best of both worlds really.
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I'm back alive! Praise the Lord!
3 days of haaaaaaaaard drinking. It was crazy.. drink till you pass out, wake up and start drinking right away. This was like marathon, and I'm sure my heart feels that way too. But was it fun? YEAaaaaaaas!
Funny how people who only eat BBQ food and drink alcohol can fart so much when it's time to sleep.
On the third night neighbours came to visit us and we asked if we were bothering them with our massive soundsystem that was installed inside and outside as well.. 'well.. we can hear the music but it's ok.. '. I bet they were ready to kill someone.. just being nice.
All in all, it was a success.
PS. It's fun to play Twister when you're super drunk, I recommend it. Do the 'naked twister', it's pretty much the most fun social game if there are 2 girls and 2 guys. Just try to avoid getting into weird position next to the other guys crotch or butt.
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June 22, 2003, 14:00
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sounds fun, pekka.
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