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Vaasassa asuva britti Malcolm Pemberton tekee mainiota myönteistä mainontaa Vaasasta englanninkielisellä sivullaan ”Malcolm english pages”. Malcolm julkaisee lyhyitä artiakkeleita ja videoita. Juuri tällaista myönteistä kansainvälistä tunnettuutta Vaasa tarvitsee.
”Which, roughly translated, means ‘Fun May Day Finland’. Vappu is celebrated on the 1st of May by just about everyone in Finland. It is particularly a day for students to celebrate and trade unionists to hold marches, and for everyone else to just enjoy. It’s a Bank Holiday and the town squares are totally full of stalls selling foods and toys and sweets.
May Day hosts many kinds of celebrations, from political marches associated with International Workers’ Day, to pagan festivals celebrating fertility and featuring maypoles and May Queens. Click HERE to read a short article I adapted from Wikipedia, dealing with May Day in the UK and Finland.
As regards Finland, May Day includes parades of special vehicles. Here are some American cars from last year:
Käy Malcolmin sivulla:
http://malcolmsenglishpages.com/2014/04/30/hauska-vappu-suomi/
