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15-DEC-2010	Ceya

Tiernapojat

Helsinki

Tiernapojat, a very old Finnish Christmas tradition (Tiernapojat = even Tähtipojat = Star Boys)

a group of boys or men going round singing and presenting a Christmas play visiting people, later
singing at schools etc in Christmas time.. the original meaning was to collect money

Did not find a proper English translation for this
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John Armstrong		16-Jul-2011 15:38
A group of well-dressed guys, V

Bernard Bosmans		24-Dec-2010 02:20
Brings back memories of Aurora's Filipino traditions, we continued for some time here in Oz twenty five years ago, singing Christmas carols to friends from house to house . Lovely shot Ceya. V.

Guest		22-Dec-2010 20:33
The Village People ride again !!

Patricia Kay		22-Dec-2010 16:34
Great shot Ceya...I love the old traditions...BV

silvia marmori		22-Dec-2010 15:29
oh, so nice tradition and how you captured.. thanks for sharing it!!

LynnH		22-Dec-2010 12:08
Perhaps our Christmas caroling tradition came from the Tiernapojat!

Yvonne		22-Dec-2010 10:52
Lovely to see these traditions kept over the years! v

Paco López		22-Dec-2010 04:44
Fantastic! V!

Liz Bickel		22-Dec-2010 03:55
Thanks to your image, I learned something new! Thank you so much for sharing this.

bill friedlander		21-Dec-2010 22:03
Lovely shot of these four performers. Love their costumes, and the make up of the one second from the right. V

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