Environmental and safety regulations make it increasingly difficult to light an Easter fire. Respond to the statement of the day: The tradition of the Easter bonfire has passed its day.
As a tradition, an Easter bonfire is lit in various places in Groningen and Drenthe. These fires have been absent for the past two years because of the corona pandemic.
Now that the fires – which according to tradition represent the festival of light and the resurrection of Jesus Christ – are allowed again, it is becoming increasingly difficult to organize the Easter fires. More and more regulations in the field of the environment and safety stand in the way of such a fire. The warnings for smog by the RIVM also do not exactly help the tradition of the Easter fire.
Does the Easter fire still have a future or is the tradition slowly dying out? Respond to the statement of the day: The tradition of the Easter bonfire has passed its day.