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Bun day in Iceland

3/7/2011

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Two days before Lent is known as Bolludagur or "Buns Day." Homes, restaurants and particular bakeries, overflow with delicately made cream puffs or "buns." These "buns" come in all different shapes and sizes, filled with cream, jam, and sometimes drizzled in chocolate. Children especially love Bun Day because they get to wake up early and try to catch their parents still in bed. If they do, they "beat" them out of bed with their individually made Bolluvondur or "Bun Wands," which are colorfully decorated with strips of paper and gleaming ribbon. The parents are then obligated to give their children one cream puff for every "blow" received.
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Tara
5/6/2011 08:51:23 am

The buns look delicious! Too bad there wasn't a wand to demonstrate. ;)

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Self drive Iceland link
5/30/2012 05:24:11 pm

This seems to be a different but nice tradition. Wish I get a chance to eat all those delicious buns.

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Lily Cancorich
11/28/2013 10:39:35 pm

I wish I got the chance to hit my parents with a wand until they woke up, and then get rewarded for it.

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