“Let’s celebrate that we don’t burn women anymore.”
“Sure. How should we do that?”
“Let’s burn a woman.”
“What?! No! That’s a horrible way.”
“Oh. Okay. Then let’s burn a doll.”
A/N: Another odd, Danish tradition.
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“Let’s celebrate that we don’t burn women anymore.”
“Sure. How should we do that?”
“Let’s burn a woman.”
“What?! No! That’s a horrible way.”
“Oh. Okay. Then let’s burn a doll.”
A/N: Another odd, Danish tradition.
You had me at “Danish” LOL
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Actually, we can find this tradition in many cultures. In some cases it was a way to get rid of evil spirits. After a certain ritual spirit occupies a doll, doll is burned (or teared apart), spirit leaves to the land of dead. Everyone is happy 🙂
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