Immigrant Danish relatives

I remember when I was in Denmark, a former colleague told me excitedly a few days before his 25th birthday that his birthday would be fun. I said, why? He said that because his friends prepared a lot of cinnamon powder to "bless" his birthday, he also gave me a mysterious smile. The following is a photo of this friend.

▲ The picture above is a photo of a friend.

It turns out that in Denmark, if you are single and unmarried at the age of 25, your relatives and friends will tie you to a post or chair in the street on your birthday and sprinkle or spray cinnamon powder on you from head to toe in public. If you play harder, you'll add egg sauce. So, if you are single at the age of 25 in Denmark, you'd better fall in love with cinnamon. ...

▲ If you are not married at the age of 25 in Denmark, you will be drenched with cinnamon powder by your friends ~

On the street, if there is cinnamon powder residue occasionally, there is no doubt that someone has just celebrated their 25th birthday.

The following figure

? ▲ "The Best Tradition"

Of course, there will be eye protection tools, so don't worry about cinnamon powder or pepper splashing into your eyes.

? ▲ In fact, there will be a purpose of protection.

This tradition comes from16th century, when perfumers sold spices all over the world. Because they are wandering around the world, most of them have not been able to settle down in one place, and many of them are single all their lives. These unmarried men are called "pepper dudes", while women are called "Peberm? British Pepper Girl (Pepper Girl). So at the age of 30, this kind of birthday "blessing" has been upgraded, and cinnamon powder has become "pepper", which is hot and painful to think of …

? ▲ When you are 30 years old, you will "upgrade" into a pepper.

In fact, in Denmark, the average age of marriage is 34 for men and 32 for women. Therefore, this behavior is definitely not discrimination against older unmarried young men and women. It is not so much a punishment as an excuse for mischief. At the age of 25, you can also play some childish games with your family and friends, which is also an alternative birthday wish.

If you ask me if I like this tradition, I can accept it. I think tradition is to celebrate and enjoy a specific time or occasion. But it is estimated that friends will directly enlarge and sprinkle pepper, hahaha. ...

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