Why is Iceland Called Iceland? (And Greenland is called Greenland)
Why is Iceland called Iceland and Greenland called Greenland when Iceland is green and Greenland has huge amounts of ice? Some people…
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Konudagur; it’s Women’s day in Iceland today!
Konudagur is celebrated on the first day or the nearest Sunday, of the month of Góa, a month in the traditional Icelandic calendar. Góa is the second to last of the winter months, the days are starting to be visibly longer, summer is coming!
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Öskudagur; a day of fancy dress, singing for sweeties, and pinning bags of ash to people. Of course
Bolludagur was the first day, a day of cream filled buns, then Sprengidagur when you eat so much you feel like you might explode. Today…
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Blast Day in Iceland! Eat till you feel like you’ll explode on Sprengidagur
The day after Bun day – Bolludagur is Sprengidagur – Explosion or Blast day. On it Icelanders pretend that they haven’t spent the entire day before pigging out on cream buns, and instead gorge themselves on saltkjöt og baunir
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