Midsummer Sailing Trip to St. Hans Aften

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Midsummer Sailing Trip to St. Hans Aften

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Ralf Uka

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Of course, everyone wants to join in the midsummer festivities (23 June), in Denmark it's called Sankt Hans Aften,
the celebrations. But how? Everyone has their own picture in mind: definitely a big bonfire, like
the one in Troense (pronounced Tro-en-the), for example, and everyone singing together of course. Add some Scandinavian folklore, perhaps even dancing? All that's missing is a hot dog stand and beer on tap – that's
what midsummer must be like, most Germans think. But it's not quite like that!
Sankt Hans Aften or Sankthans is the Danish midsummer festival. As a relic from
Viking times, when the longest day of the year (Sommersolhverv) was celebrated and this
time was linked with special myths, rituals and all kinds of folklore, Sankt
Hans was "reinterpreted" by Christian missionaries for their purposes and associated
with Christian content. My God, they already did that with Christmas (winter
solstice)! Well, Sankt Hans is the Danish name for Saint John the
Baptist, whose birth fell on 24 June (according to the Bible, 6 months before Jesus). This day is
therefore called St John's Day or Midsummer Day, in Danish Sankt Hans Dag (also Sankthans Dag),
. Sounds a bit odd. We'll be celebrating St. Hans again on a small island in the Danish South Sea Islands. Will you join us?