For the people of Gavle, a town in northern Sweden, it’s a Christmas tradition to build a 42 foot tall goat out of straw. For some of the people of Gavle, it’s tradition to try to burn it down.
Music
Music (Shchendryk) by Jason Shaw@ audionautix.com
References
- Gavle Goat from Atlas Obscura
- The Gävle Goat from VisitGavle.se
- About the Gävle Goat from VisitGavle.se
- One Town’s Fight to Save Their 40-Foot Yule Goat from National Geographic
- Helikopterkupp planerades mot Gävlebocken from Arbetarbladet
- Sweden’s Christmas Goat Succumbs to Flames from TheLocal.se
- Gävle Confident its 2013 Xmas Goat Won’t Burnfrom TheLocal.se
- Feeding the Poop Log: A Catalan Christmas Tradition from Slate
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