Midsommer and the Maypole Europe » Sweden » Stockholm » Stockholm By Whittall and WestJune 22nd 2007Sal Whittallurl='/Videos/3949.html' onclick='dialog("/Videos/3949.html?popped=1","tbvideo",600,600);return false;'Otter rolling in dirt Midsommer eve, as only Sweden could do it... For the authentic feel, we went back to Skansen. The Maypole is a large phallus fertilising the ground (apparently) and the dances are strange- everyone pretending to be frogs hopping round the it, ducks swimming round it and pigs, er, snuffling round it maybe. The songs all sounded fairly similar, a
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