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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:public_holiday
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gptkbp:alsoKnownAs
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gptkb:Walpurgis_Night
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gptkbp:associatedWith
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gptkb:Saint_Walpurga
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gptkbp:celebratedIn
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gptkb:Austria
gptkb:Central_Europe
gptkb:Czech_Republic
gptkb:Estonia
gptkb:Finland
gptkb:Germany
gptkb:Latvia
gptkb:Lithuania
gptkb:Netherlands
gptkb:Slovenia
gptkb:Sweden
gptkb:Switzerland
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gptkbp:culturalSignificance
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inspired works of literature and music
subject of Goethe's Faust
subject of Mussorgsky's Night on Bald Mountain
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gptkbp:dateObserved
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April 30
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gptkbp:features
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bonfires
dancing
singing
folk traditions
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Saint Walpurga's Eve
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gptkbp:namedAfter
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gptkb:Saint_Walpurga
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gptkbp:observedBy
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gptkb:Christianity
various European cultures
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gptkbp:relatedTo
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gptkb:May_Day
pagan spring festival
witches' sabbath
Brocken mountain
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gptkbp:religiousSignificance
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Christianization of pagan customs
commemorates canonization of Saint Walpurga
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gptkbp:significance
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celebration of spring
warding off evil spirits
marks the eve of the feast day of Saint Walpurga
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gptkbp:symbol
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bonfires
witches
brooms
maypoles
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Walpurgisnacht
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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