{"id":12,"date":"2012-12-08T08:51:52","date_gmt":"2012-12-08T08:51:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/flying-girl.www.smileyumi.com\/2012\/12\/08\/happy-independence-day-finland-95-yeas-since-independence\/"},"modified":"2012-12-08T08:51:52","modified_gmt":"2012-12-08T08:51:52","slug":"happy-independence-day-finland-95-yeas-since-independence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smileyumi.com\/?p=12","title":{"rendered":"Happy Independence Day, Finland!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/smileyumi.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341d9b6253ef017d3e8ff68a970c-pi\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"IMG_5568\" src=\"http:\/\/smileyumi.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341d9b6253ef017d3e8ff68a970c-500wi\" title=\"IMG_5568\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The day before was Finland&#039;s independence day. It is a national holiday and many ceremonies were held in the country. Finland has long history of being under Swedish rule and Russian rule. And it has been only 95 years since it got independent.<\/p>\n<p>\u304a\u3068\u3068\u3044\u306f\u30d5\u30a3\u30f3\u30e9\u30f3\u30c9\u306e\u72ec\u7acb\u8a18\u5ff5\u65e5\u3067\u795d\u65e5\u3002\u30d5\u30a3\u30f3\u30e9\u30f3\u30c9\u306f\u9577\u3044\u9593\u30b9\u30a6\u30a7\u30fc\u30c7\u30f3\u3068\u30ed\u30b7\u30a2\u306e\u652f\u914d\u4e0b\u306b\u3042\u308a\u3001\u72ec\u7acb\u3057\u3066\u304b\u308995\u5e74\u3057\u304b\u7d4c\u3063\u3066\u3044\u306a\u3044\u3002<\/p>\n<p>&#160;<a class=\"asset-img-link\" href=\"http:\/\/smileyumi.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341d9b6253ef017d3e9020c9970c-pi\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"IMG_5550\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341d9b6253ef017d3e9020c9970c\" src=\"http:\/\/smileyumi.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341d9b6253ef017d3e9020c9970c-500wi\" title=\"IMG_5550\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It was snowing a lot on the independence day this year but I went out to see the torch parade.&#160;Every year, on Independence Day, the students in Helsinki organize a torch parade.&#160;Finnish students usually wear their white student hat for the occasion. Parade starts from Hietaniemi cemetery and ends at the Senate Square. Both places have significant meaning in Finnish history.<\/p>\n<p>\u5f53\u65e5\u306f\u3044\u308d\u3044\u308d\u306a\u884c\u4e8b\u304c\u884c\u308f\u308c\u305f\u304c\u3001\u79c1\u306f\u5927\u5b66\u751f\u306b\u3088\u308b\u30c8\u30fc\u30c1\u30d1\u30ec\u30fc\u30c9\u3092\u898b\u306b\u884c\u304f\u3053\u3068\u306b\u3057\u305f\u3002\u3053\u306e\u30d1\u30ec\u30fc\u30c9\u306f\u30d2\u30a8\u30bf\u30cb\u30a8\u30df\u306e\u5893\u5730\u304b\u3089\u5927\u8056\u5802\u524d\u306e\u3042\u308b\u5143\u8001\u9662\u5e83\u5834\u307e\u3067\u3002\u51fa\u767a\u5730\u70b9\u3001\u5230\u7740\u5730\u70b9\u3068\u3082\u30d5\u30a3\u30f3\u30e9\u30f3\u30c9\u306e\u6b74\u53f2\u3068\u6df1\u304f\u304b\u304b\u308f\u308b\u5834\u6240\u3067\u3042\u308b\u3002\u5b66\u751f\u306f\u304a\u6c7a\u307e\u308a\u306e\u767d\u3044\u5b66\u5e3d\u3092\u304b\u3076\u308a\u3001\u305f\u3044\u307e\u3064\u3092\u6301\u3063\u3066\u884c\u9032\u3059\u308b\u3002\u3053\u306e\u30d1\u30ec\u30fc\u30c9\u306f\u6bce\u5e74\u6052\u4f8b\u306e\u884c\u4e8b\u3067\u3042\u308b\u3002<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"asset-img-link\" href=\"http:\/\/smileyumi.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341d9b6253ef017c34614174970b-pi\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"IMG_5591\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341d9b6253ef017c34614174970b\" src=\"http:\/\/smileyumi.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341d9b6253ef017c34614174970b-500wi\" title=\"IMG_5591\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>At the Senate Square, they sang Finnish national anthem in Finnish and Swedish (both are Finnish national languages) and several speeches telling importance of students in the past and in the future &#160;were made by mayor of Helsinki and student unions. The ceremony was not showy or fancy but it was nice and very Finnish. And I said thank you to Finland for their accommodating me and giving me opportunities to experience something different from what I had in my own country.<\/p>\n<p>\u5143\u8001\u9662\u5e83\u5834\u3067\u306f\u30d5\u30a3\u30f3\u30e9\u30f3\u30c9\u8a9e\u306e\u516c\u7528\u8a9e\u3067\u3042\u308b\u30d5\u30a3\u30f3\u30e9\u30f3\u30c9\u8a9e\u3068\u30b9\u30a6\u30a7\u30fc\u30c7\u30f3\u8a9e\u3067\u5e02\u9577\u3084\u5b66\u751f\u306b\u3088\u308b\u30b9\u30d4\u30fc\u30c1\u304c\u884c\u308f\u308c\u3001\u30d5\u30a3\u30f3\u30e9\u30f3\u30c9\u306e\u56fd\u5bb6\u304c\u6589\u5531\u3055\u308c\u305f\u3002\u30bb\u30ec\u30e2\u30cb\u30fc\u306f\u83ef\u3084\u304b\u306a\u3082\u306e\u3067\u306f\u306a\u304f\u3069\u3061\u3089\u304b\u3068\u3044\u3046\u3068\u3068\u3066\u3082\u5730\u5473\u3002\u305d\u3053\u304c\u306a\u3093\u3068\u3082\u30d5\u30a3\u30f3\u30e9\u30f3\u30c9\u3089\u3057\u304f\u3066\u3002\u305d\u3093\u306a\u30d5\u30a3\u30f3\u30e9\u30f3\u30c9\u3067\u81ea\u5206\u306e\u56fd\u3067\u306f\u3067\u304d\u306a\u304b\u3063\u305f\u3044\u308d\u3093\u306a\u7d4c\u9a13\u3092\u3055\u305b\u3066\u3082\u3089\u3063\u3066\u3044\u308b\u3053\u3068\u306b\u3042\u305f\u3089\u3081\u3066\u611f\u8b1d\u3059\u308b\u79c1\u3060\u3063\u305f\u30fb\u30fb\u30fb<\/p>\n<div>\n<a class=\"asset-img-link\" href=\"http:\/\/smileyumi.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341d9b6253ef017c34614570970b-pi\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"IMG_5582\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341d9b6253ef017c34614570970b\" src=\"http:\/\/smileyumi.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341d9b6253ef017c34614570970b-500wi\" title=\"IMG_5582\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The day before was Finland&#039;s independence day. 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