{"id":1507,"date":"2012-12-13T23:30:17","date_gmt":"2012-12-13T23:30:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/?p=1507"},"modified":"2014-08-22T18:40:20","modified_gmt":"2014-08-22T18:40:20","slug":"a-glimpse-of-light","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/a-glimpse-of-light\/","title":{"rendered":"A Glimpse of Light"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Svart senker natten seg<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>I stall og stuer.<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Solen har g\u00e5tt sin vei,<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Skyggene truer.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Inn i v\u00e5rt m\u00f8rke hus<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Stiger med tente lys<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Sancta Lucia, Sancta Lucia \u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Black the night descends<\/em><br \/>\n<em> in stables and rooms.<\/em><br \/>\n<em> The sun has gone away,<\/em><br \/>\n<em> the shadows menace.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Into our dark house<\/em><br \/>\n<em> Rises with lighted candles<\/em><br \/>\n<em> Sait Lucia, Saint Lucia\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n<p>This is the beginning of a song that has been sung by\u00a0<strong>barn<\/strong>\u00a0(children) all over Norway today. It is\u00a0<strong>Luciadag<\/strong>\u00a0(Lucy\u2019s Day), and even though it\u2019s December the 13th, it hasn\u2019t really anything to do with\u00a0<strong>jul<\/strong>\u00a0(Christmas)\u2026<\/p>\n<p>On\u00a0<strong>Luciadagen<\/strong>, children in\u00a0<strong>skoler<\/strong>\u00a0(schools) and\u00a0<strong>barnehager\u00a0<\/strong>(kindergartens) \u2013 and even in some private\u00a0<strong>hjem<\/strong>\u00a0homes \u2013 dress up in white garments. With lighted\u00a0<strong>stearinlys<\/strong>\u00a0(stearin candles) in their hands, they form a beautiful procession while they walk and sing. One of the children, most often a\u00a0<strong>jente<\/strong>\u00a0(girl), wears a wreath with four candles on her head. She\u2019s called the\u00a0<strong>Luciabrud<\/strong>\u00a0(Lucy bride), and is the leader of the procession.<\/p>\n<p>The tradition of Luciadag has spread to Norway from its neighbour Sweden. Originally it is a Catholic celebration of Lucia, a woman in Sicily who became a martyr when she was killed around the year 300. (Maybe you\u2019ve heard about a Caribbean country called Saint Lucia, it\u2019s also got its name after her.)<\/p>\n<p>Today, the Luciadag has lost its religious meaning to most people. It is rather like a glimpse of light in the darkest time of the year. (Remember that in Northern Norway, there is no daylight at all during the winter months\u2026) It is also a nice opportunity for kids to carry a candle and eat lots of delicious\u00a0<strong>lussekatter<\/strong>\u00a0(Lucy cats), which are small yellow saffron buns that are baked especially for this day.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Kvindelige Studenters Sangforening &quot;Sankta Lucia&quot;\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bz9frZQHuyg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>A Students\u2019 choir perfoming\u00a0<strong>Luciasangen<\/strong>\u00a0(the Lucy song).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Svart senker natten seg I stall og stuer. Solen har g\u00e5tt sin vei, Skyggene truer. Inn i v\u00e5rt m\u00f8rke hus Stiger med tente lys Sancta Lucia, Sancta Lucia \u2026 Black the night descends in stables and rooms. The sun has gone away, the shadows menace. 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