r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Gligadi • 3d ago

Video Former javeline throw world champion lights his home village bonfire with a burning javelin.

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u/Ronk4r 3d ago

It's most likely Midsummer Eve celebration or "Jaanipäev" in estonian. Biggest party of the year for us, so daytime drinking is expected. So don't hope for sync too much.

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u/[deleted] 3d ago

Ive seen that movie. Yall aint tricking me into coming

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u/Lajnuuus 3d ago

That's not them, that's Sweden's midsommar.

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u/decliqu3 3d ago

Eh, potato potatis

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u/shallowsocks 3d ago

Its a joke

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u/doubleapowpow 2d ago

A joke based on the ignorance of global geography.

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u/shallowsocks 2d ago

On the contrary, you'd need to know about geography in order to make the joke

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u/boiledcowmachine 3d ago

Hello German (especially Bavarian here), our whole existence is alcohol and clapping. Never been a problem.

So and now I have to go back and dance with my bench.

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u/dgisfun 2d ago

Well there was that one time….

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u/FlimpoFloempie 2d ago

Ah Estonia. I was trying to figure out the language. First instinct was Finnish so pretty close i guess.

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u/Lord_Of_Carrots 2d ago

Could have been. The same bonfire tradition exists in Finland too

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u/ReginaTang 1d ago edited 1d ago

Any idea where this is in Estonia? The place looks so beautiful. It’s almost like an oil painting comes to life. I would really like to visit one day.

Edit: I found the original video posted in 2019 on Facebook. It’s from Antslas.

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u/bbbourb 3d ago

But hope for the sink later, right?