How to Understand: Lussevaka, The Swedish Preparatory Lucia Night Vigil!

The Lucia night vigil, lussevaka, in Swedish is a preparatory holiday, day and night, on the 12th of December, before Lucia on December the 13th the great Swedish holiday held in memory of Saint Lucia (Lucy). This video will describe this preparatory period & some of its traditions, including the role of the baking of the Swedish pastry lussekatter, that are practiced, or at the least used to, as this tradition is pretty much confined to more conservative & traditionalist Swedish circles. I hope you will find this piece of Swedish Christian culture interesting.
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Sources and Literature for further reading:
Bergman, Anne (1 februari 2020). ”Stora finlandssvenska festboken”. Svenska litteratursällskapet i Finland. sid. 37-42. Läst 29 april 2021.
Efraim, Briem,1942, Helgon och helgonliv
Institutet för språk och folkminnen (Isof),Lucia, www.isof.se/lar-dig-mer/kunsk... , 2020, Senast uppdaterad 8 mars 2023, läst 2023-11-24
Nordiska musseet, Lucia, www.nordiskamuseet.se/aretsda... (2022-12-11)
Schön, Ebbe (1998). Lucia - en svensk tradition med utländska rötter. Julstämning. 1998, s. 27-29
Svenska Akademiens ordbok: Lucievaka (1941)
Svenska kyrkan, Lucia, www.svenskakyrkan.se/jul/lucia (2022-12-11)
Österbottniska Posten ”Luciefester”. www.nykarlebyvyer.nu. Österbottniska Posten 1889. Läst 14 december 2019.
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[@theculturedjinni]

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[@beepboop204]

this was almost a tasting history 😛

[@theculturedjinni]

@@beepboop204 Heh, almost! Tasting history is also btw a very good channel (if it was the channel you referred to), but I actually might make some videos about food history and Swedish foodstuff because there are some interesting stuff here that you could talk about regarding the context for why people ate what they ate.

[@ritaquesnel5875]

Cool!! A yummy tradition.

[@theculturedjinni]

indeed!👍

[@murasame5071]

Interesting to see how light maiden tradition , while many things in common , also differs so much between LV and Sweden.

[@theculturedjinni]

It is an interesting tradition that was retained in Sweden despite the conversion to Protestantism, and I guess that Latvia still have a lot of Catholics, or did they convert also to Protestantism like in Estonia? I would also like to know how it differs as I find these things very interesting, so please do tell!

[@beepboop204]

[@theculturedjinni]

👍👍👍