Friday-crayfishparty. That's where i'll be.

On friday there's a crayfich party at Second house of Sweden.

Here follows the official information:


Hearty welcome to the Swedish Institute and the CRAYFISH PARTY!


21:00 Swedish Time - Noon Second Life time.


A crayfish party is a traditional summertime eating and drinking celebration in the Nordic countries. The tradition originated in Sweden, where a crayfish party is called a kräftskiva. The tradition has also spread to Finland via the Swedish-speaking population of that country.
Crayfish parties are generally held during August, a tradition that started because crayfish harvesting in Sweden was, for most of the 20th century, legally limited to late summer.
Today, the “kräftpremiär” date in early August has no legal significance. Dining is traditionally outdoors, but in practice the party is often driven indoors by bad weather or aggressive mosquitoes:)




Customary party accessories are comical paper hats, paper tablecloths, paper lanterns (often depicting the Man in the Moon), and bibs. A rowdy atmosphere prevails amid noisy eating and traditional drinking songs (snapsvisa). It is culturally correct to suck the juice out of the crayfish before shelling it.




21:00 Swedish Time - Noon Second Life time.







What is a Swedish Crayfish Party?
In English:
http://www.sweden.se/eng/Home/Lifestyle/Traditions/Celebrating-the-Swedish-way/The-crayfish-party/
På Svenska: http://www.sweden.se/Other-languages/OL-Home/Other-languages/3738/Swedish/Det-ska-vi-fira-Svenska-traditioner-och-hogtider/Kraftskivan/
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