Walpurgisnacht celebration

At Walpurgisnacht, taking place at the night from 30th of April to 1st of May, it is believed that witches dance and celebrate at the highest mountains in central and northern Europe. One of those mountains is the Brocken, a mountain not too far from where I live. Even Goethe wrote about it! Walpurgisnacht is a pagan custom to celebrate especially fertility and to chase aways evil spirits with big bonfires.

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