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Kolida Babo

This is not something that is taking place in my whole country but everyone does it in my town and also the villages around it. We start collecting wood in the beggining of December and some people that are really serious about it start even two months before. But they have to hide the wood because people often steal it to use it for that night. Friends and families light up huge fires on December and invite everyone to come and enjoy the company, music and food. Young people go to huge empty spots and set up bigger fires that they start preparing from the morning. There is music and people everywhere and everyone is dancing until the morning. There are some smaller fires and everyone jumps over them yelling "Kolida babo".

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