Lentorama 2019: Resurrect My Globe!
Day 38: Iceland
A law from the 1920s in Iceland bans a large swath of public festivities on Good Friday, as it's a day for solemn reflection and worship (as you can imagine, the law was enacted during a time when the Icelandic government and the local Lutheran church had a pretty cozy relationship). While the law is not enforced with any real vigor, it is still on the books, and does cause a lot of closures across the island.
To protest the law, a local atheist's group organizes an annual bingo game on Good Friday (so it's more of an anti-Easter tradition, but a tradition nevertheless). No one's been arrested yet, and the games seem to be having some impact, as there's talk of changing the law. At which point the thrill of breaking the law by playing bingo will be gone, but hopefully the games will persist.
18 April 2019
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