A2 · Upper Beginner
Seasonal Festivals
Take part in Fastelavn, Easter and Sankt Hans: costumes and the barrel, teaser letters and painted eggs, and the Midsummer bonfire.
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- Fastelavn (Danish carnival)
- a Shrovetide bun
- to dress up (in a costume)
- a costume
- a barrel
- to break a candy-filled barrel at the Danish carnival
- the "cat king" (who knocks down the last piece of the Fastelavn barrel)
- the "cat queen" (who knocks the bottom out of the Fastelavn barrel)
- a decorated bundle of twigs for Fastelavn
- Easter
- an Easter vacation
- Maundy Thursday
- Good Friday
- Easter Monday
- a teaser letter (a paper-cut Easter letter signed with dots)
- a teasing rhyme (written in a teaser letter)
- a snowdrop
- an Easter egg
- to paint eggs
- a daffodil
- an Easter lunch
- a major holiday, a religious festival
- a public holiday
- Midsummer Eve
- a bonfire
- a witch
- a bonfire speech (given on Sankt Hans Eve)
- the Midsummer Song
- twist bread (on a stick)
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