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Lost the May game


The maypole is hugely popular in Sweden and you can't have a summer without a maypole. In Denmark the tradition has mostly died out and been replaced with the Saint Hans fire, but there's still a few areas where you can find maypoles in Denmark, and a lot of those places have a "catch the flag" tradition.

On some nights young guys from neighboring towns are allowed to try and steal it, so other young men have to guard their maypole, while another team sneaks over to the other town. Fighting isn't allowed, so stealth is everything and it's all in good fun.

I asked a bunch of Swedes and non of them had ever heard of this tradition in Sweden, so it seemed fitting to have Denmark steal Sweden's maypole.


Aland Denmark Sweden
3rd May 2018
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6 years ago #9758080        
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Sweden LOVES handsome men to go for his maypole, Aland. You should know.


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dlaV

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6 years ago #9758469        
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Yes, yes we also had a tradition with poles here in Wallachia. But the ottomans really didn't enjoy being at the end of it.

Finn123

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6 years ago #9758032        
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As usual, Sweden has no idea of what's going on.


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6 years ago #9758013        
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Go get him Åland. No one steal our Midsommarstång.

6 years ago #9757847        
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This tradition is also known in Bavaria. It's totaly normal that the "Maibaum" is stolen by guys from the next town (or from a town, which is over 40 km away, which occurred this year). If you don't guard your maypole good enough, you have to "pay" the thiefs with beer to get it back.

Basically everything in Bavaria can be solved through beer....


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6 years ago #9757852        
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Poor Sweden. He just recovered from his Christmas decoration (julebukk) being burned down, and already his Maypole gets stolen...

6 years ago #9758010        
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We make a lot of pole games to celebrate our independence day in august.. We have to climbe the greased poles to get to the prizes (bicycle,tv,etc) pinned at the top... Looks dangerous but lots of fun.. But we don't steal it from you sweden.. image image


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6 years ago #9757788        
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you know, I was almost expecting Denmark to make a pole dance with Sweden's maypole.


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3 years ago #9857305        
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i am soft for Åland calling Sweden “babe”
...aaand there’s a sentence i never thought i would type

6 years ago #9793355        
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I will 360 nose-scope your maypole Sweden

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