If you don’t know how May Day is celebrated in Finland and why it’s important, this old Helsingin Sanomat article will give you the lowdown. This year it was a little bit chilly but not unseasonably cold. I noticed there was less people wearing high school graduation caps and more “carnival” style headwear. I guess some sort of ethnographic inventory is in order, as still people don’t know what my cap is all about.
Havis Amanda after being crowned
Havis Amanda Panorama on May Day Eve (Vappuaatto)
Kaivopuisto full of revelers on May Day (Vappu)
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