Midsummer Bonfire in Bagenkop, Langeland, Denmark Sunday, June 23, 2019

We attended the midsummer bonfire in Bagenkop on the southern tip of Langeland.

Knud Pedersen from Bagenkop, a local cultural personality and chairman of the Langeland Museum Association held an excellent bonfire speech.

There were many local listeners to the wise words of Knud Pedersen

The bonfire has been lit. Still we have the unpleasant habit of putting a figure of a witch on top of the bonfire. The habit of putting a figure of a witch on top of the St. Hans bonfire is relatively new. For approx. 150 - 200 years ago, and even further back, bonfires did not include the burning of figures of witches. The witch is a symbol of the evil which will be eliminated by the fire.

A view of the sea just outside the gathering.