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Lucia

English translation: girl or statue depending on the country

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English term or phrase:Lucia
Selected answer:girl or statue depending on the country
Entered by: Masoud Kakouli Varnousfaderani

11:22 Oct 8, 2016
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Religion
English term or phrase: Lucia
There’s a traditional “Lucia procession” that sings songs about the approaching Christmas. The procession contains “choir girls”, “gnomes”, “gingerbread men”, “star boys”, and Lucia herself, of course. Sometimes there can even be multiple Lucias in the same procession.

Are Lucia statues used during this celebrations, or there are some real persons who acts as Lucia?
Masoud Kakouli Varnousfaderani
Türkiye
Local time: 23:11
girl or statue depending on the country
Explanation:
You don't say which country this is. Context is vital.

in Nordic countries e.g. Sweden and in Sweish communities elsewhere a girl acts the role of Lucia or St Lucy with a wreath of candle on her head with other girls also dressed in white and carrying candles folllowing her

In Italy and some other countries or villages St Lucy/Lucia is represented by a statue paraded through the streets

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Lucy's_Day
https://sweden.se/culture-traditions/lucia/


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Note added at 14 mins (2016-10-08 11:37:02 GMT)
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http://www.italyheritage.com/traditions/december/saint-lucia...

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Note added at 15 mins (2016-10-08 11:38:13 GMT)
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OK so a girl in Sweden rather than a statue as in the images

http://www.mamalisa.com/blog/christmas-countdown-santa-lucia...
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Yvonne Gallagher
Ireland
Local time: 21:11
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4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



SUMMARY OF ALL EXPLANATIONS PROVIDED
4 +5girl or statue depending on the country
Yvonne Gallagher
4 +3real persons who act as Lucia
airmailrpl


  

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14 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
lucia
real persons who act as Lucia


Explanation:


Competing to be Lucia

Competition for the role of Lucia can be tough. Each year, a national Lucia is proclaimed in one or other of the TV channels, while every town and village worth the name chooses its own Lucia. Candidates are presented in the local newspaper a couple of weeks in advance.
https://sweden.se/culture-traditions/lucia/

airmailrpl
Brazil
Local time: 17:11
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Agneta Pallinder: Masoud's text is definitely Nordic - choir girls, gnomes, gingerbread men and star boys are tärnor, tomtar, pepparkaksgubbar and stjärngossar - as in a typical Swedish Lucia procession.
3 hrs
  -> thank you
agree  acetran
8 hrs
  -> thank you
agree  Anna Herbst: It is clearly the Swedish tradition that is described, so it can only be a real live person dressed in white with candles in a crown on her head.
16 hrs
  -> thank you
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11 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +5
lucia
girl or statue depending on the country


Explanation:
You don't say which country this is. Context is vital.

in Nordic countries e.g. Sweden and in Sweish communities elsewhere a girl acts the role of Lucia or St Lucy with a wreath of candle on her head with other girls also dressed in white and carrying candles folllowing her

In Italy and some other countries or villages St Lucy/Lucia is represented by a statue paraded through the streets

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Lucy's_Day
https://sweden.se/culture-traditions/lucia/


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Note added at 14 mins (2016-10-08 11:37:02 GMT)
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http://www.italyheritage.com/traditions/december/saint-lucia...

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Note added at 15 mins (2016-10-08 11:38:13 GMT)
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OK so a girl in Sweden rather than a statue as in the images

http://www.mamalisa.com/blog/christmas-countdown-santa-lucia...

Yvonne Gallagher
Ireland
Local time: 21:11
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 108
Notes to answerer
Asker: Sweden


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Charles Davis
1 hr
  -> Many thanks:-)
agree  Yasutomo Kanazawa
1 hr
  -> Many thanks:-)
agree  Edith Kelly
2 hrs
  -> Many thanks:-)
agree  katsy
4 hrs
  -> Many thanks:-)
agree  JohnMcDove: We used to celebrate this festivity in Spain too... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Lucy
8 hrs
  -> Many thanks:-)...I was surprised not to see Spain included. Her relics seem to be spread all over the place! Quite gruesome!
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