February, The Cat in the Barrel and the Absence of Faith: The Danish Year Part 2
"Hitting the Cat in the Barrel" is a popular Danish children's game to celebrate Fastelavn, the local version of Mardi Gras. Danes enjoy the Fastelavn parties but have mostly jettisoned the religious holiday behind it. They often assume that anyone actively religious is backward, ignorant, or morally weak. One Dane told me that believing in God was like believing in Santa Claus. The post February, The Cat in the Barrel and the Absence of Faith: The Danish Year Part 2 appeared first on HowtoliveinDenmark.c...Life