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Music and dance
Dancing, singing and playing music is the means of expression that is exercised in the most diverse contexts; together or alone, at work, leisure, celebrations, in private, in public, it can be ceremonial, political, sorrow, playful, express love, the examples are endless.
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Hammarkullen Carnival
14 May 2020The carnival in Hammarkullen is an annual event with roots in various parts of the world. Song and dance troupes from a number of different countries…
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Riksspelmansskap or The Zorn badge
7 February 2017The Zorn badge is an appreciated badge issued to merited musicians.
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Lucia processions
19 February 2016Lucia is celebrated on 13 December in schools and pre-schools, in churches, in workplaces and hospitals as well as privately, primarily among familie…
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Song and dance around the Midsummer pole
19 February 2016Midsummer festivities with dancing and games are arranged throughout Sweden on Midsummer Eve and sometimes on Midsummer Day.
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Nyckelharpa
19 February 2016A Nyckelharpa (keyed fiddle) is a string instrument with a relatively long slender body. When it is played it is held just below the chest, a bit lik…
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Knutsmasso
19 February 2016In the past Christmas celebrations ended on St Knut's day, 20 days after Christmas Eve. Christmas was cleaned away and all that was left of the C…
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Clapping, chanting and singing games
19 February 2016Clapping and singing games are traded orally from child to child without adult interference. The games contain a song or rhythmic speech, often combi…
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Fäbod culture
19 February 2016A Fäbod can be described as a form of small-scale farms where the animals are sent to a pasture for summer grazing, consisting of a number of buildin…