Celebrate Laskiainen with Ida Metsberg & Scandinavia House!

Celebrate the Finnish holiday Laskiainen with Scandinavia House and Finnish singer Ida Metsberg as she shows you how to make your very own laskiaispulla, while sharing her own childhood memories of Laskiainen/Shrovetide! Laskiainen (Shrovetide) is often described as a “mid-winter sliding festival”. Associated with Shrove Tuesday, it is a celebration of the beginning of Lent that takes place before Easter, but includes both pagan and ecclesiastic traditions. These days, Finns generally observe two days of this festival: Laskiaissunday (Shrove Sunday) and Laskiaistuesday (Shrove Tuesday). Laskiaissunday is often a family day full of sledding, ice-skating, cross-country and downhill skiing; on Laskiaistuesday, people flock to the nearest hill after work or school. After a day of sledding, Finns enjoy the beloved Shrovetide bun, the laskiaispulla, a sweet pastry filled with almond paste or strawberry jam and lashings of whipped cream. Learn more about programming at Scandinavia House at www.scandinaviahouse.org #Laskiainen #Laskiaispulla #Finland