But don't worry, we've toned down the craziness a bit, so nowadays the barrels are simply decorated with cut out versions of black cats and the bonfires only burn doll versions of witches. We don't mind admitting that some of our Danish traditions seem rather weird to the modern eye, as they include batting at a black cat in a barrel at the annual carnival "fastelavn" and burning a witch on a bonfire at Sankt Hans (midsummer's eve). Let us introduce you to three letters you won't come across in the English alphabet: Æ, Ø and Å. But we've added a bit more to the challenge. The Danish language is said to be one of the most difficult ones to learn due to a bunch of silent letters and complex pronunciation. The Danish alphabet has 3 additional letters: Æ, Ø, and Å
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |