The Goat of Gävle
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Released:
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Saturday, February 1, 2014
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Origin:
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Gävleborg, Sweden
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Hello!
Take me to all the 50 capitals in Europe. Take a photo of me and a famous building in each capital.
I like to move on. Dont keep me more than a week.
Take me back to Gävle in Sweden when i have visit all capitals.
The Gävle Goat is world’s largest Christmas goat of straw on wooden frames which since 1966 set upin Gävle, Sweden before the on Sunday of 1th Advent each year. The tradition is maintained by some local buissnes.
The Gävle Goat is erected every year on the first day of Advent, which according to Western Christian tradition is in late November or early December, depending on the calendar year. Because the fire station is close to the location of the goat, most of the time the fire can be extinguished before the wooden skeleton is severely damaged. If the goat is burned down before Lucia (feast day of Saint Lucy, 13 December), the goat has been rebuilt. The skeleton is then treated and repaired, and the goat reconstructed over it, using straw which the Goat Committee has pre-ordered.
From 1988 onward, English bookmakers took bets on the goat's survival. In 1996 the Southern Merchants introduced camera surveillance to monitor the goat 24 hours a day. The goat was in Guinnes World Record book.
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