Village swing

Jaanipäev (midsummer) celebrations are often held in communal areas with a village swing.

Village swing (Estonian: külakiik, Finnish: kyläkeinu) is a large swing designed for multiple adults,[1]: 14  traditionally built on village communal land,[2] in Estonia and Finland.[3][4]

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  2. ^ Pungas, Piret; Oja, Tõnu; Palang, Hannes (April 2005). "Seasonality in Estonian Traditional Landscape: The Example of Large Village Swings". Landscape Research. 30 (2): 241–257. Bibcode:2005LandR..30..241P. doi:10.1080/01426390500044457. ISSN 0142-6397. S2CID 146395270.
  3. ^ Vissel, Anu (2002). "Eestlaste kiigekultuur enne ja nüüd" (PDF). Mäetagused (in Estonian). 21: 7–84. doi:10.7592/MT2002.21.kiik. (Translated abstract available)
  4. ^ Bradshaw, Luke (17 November 2017). "Estonia and its Love for Extreme Swinging". Culture Trip. Retrieved 2020-08-04.

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