Our fourth unit of each one teach one was first completed together, then separately. At a meal together, my tutor Suvi told me about the typical Finnish holidays and events that are celebrated around the year. We discussed the upcoming festivals in more detail, such as: Joulu, Pääsiäinen, Juhannus, Wappu and so on. We then went into more detail about the Juhannus Festival. In my home country there are also midsummer celebrations with large pyre, but the importance here is not as strong as in Finland. To clarify the typical customs of this celebration, Suvi showed me the Finnish TV series “Karjalan kunnailla”, so one episode only revolves around the “Juhannus” festival. In this episode it was also shown that women collect eight different flowers on that day in order to find their great happiness. The custom of going to the sauna in the summer houses is also clearly shown and how nature shows its most beautiful side at this time of year.
I think it’s really nice to personally immerse myself in a culture with its customs that is relatively new to me and to be able to collect and take them with me not only in linguistic form but also with personal experiences for the future.
Best regards,
Christine
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