Walpurgis Night

A friend wrote me today. . .

Last day of April
Witches Night....in my old country
Bonfires on hills

So I looked it up.

In the Czech Republic 30 April is pálení čarodějnic ("burning of the witches") or čarodějnice ("the witches") in the Czech Republic, the day when winter is ceremonially brought to the end by the burning of rag and straw witches or just broomsticks on bonfires around the country. The festival offers Czechs the chance to eat, drink and be merry around a roaring fire.

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