Glædelig Fastelavn

Fastelavn is the danish carnival. kids dress up and go door to door and sing this song!

It is basically the same as trick or treat.

Fastelavn is my name

Rolls is what I want

if I don't get any rolls

I will make hullabaloo (trouble)

Rolls up rolls down

rolls in my belly

if I don't get any rolls

I will make hullabaloo (trouble)

The kids will carry around little cans with a coin slots for people to put in money or sometimes they will get lucky and get a fastelavnsbolle ( a pastry/sweet roll). OR unlucky, like my friend Karina and I was one year and have a guy pull 2 hardy whole wheat rolls straight out of his freezer and hand to us with a satisfied look on his face. I'm sure our faces were quite fascinating to look at once we realized what just happened.

For the fastelavn party we take turns hitting a barrel with candy and oranges the person who knocks out the bottom is the Cat queen and the person who knocks the final piece down is the Cat king. Here is a random video to illustrate how this goes down.

This group clearly had a toddler barrel, They make them in different grades of toughness and adults get into it just as much as the kids. I've seen several fastelawn bats splintered before the barrel came down.

This is the main reason why I have a hard time getting used to how weak pinatas are.

These pictures are from our ward Halloween party and this cat is my excellent sister Maja.

Tomorrow we are going to celebrate fastelavn with our local danish family, Kasper and Lindsay.

Since we are related by marriage, he is my brothers wife's cousin!, we are going to attempt our own fastelavn fest tomorrow!

I'm so excited!