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Walpurgis Night (Wiki)
Walpurgis Night is witches' night (Deutsche Welle)
Walpurgis Night (Wiki)
Walpurgis Night is witches' night (Deutsche Welle)
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The festivities are based on ancient folklore according to which witches were believed to fly on their brooms to the Brocken mountain on the eve of May Day. Together with devils, they would celebrate the arrival of spring there.
It is called Walpurgis Night because it is the eve of the feast day of Saint Walpurga, an 8th-century abbess in Germany.