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.. Young people go up to the nearest hill and build a big fire.Every year in Luxembourg, on the Sunday before Penance Day, young people climb the nearest hill and build a large fire to mark the change of season. This fire symbolizes the victory of the sun over winter.

It is the only surviving tradition of the four lights, which are traditionally lit in the year, and whose original meaning is no longer remembered: the fire of Lent, symbolizing the victory of the sun over winter. The Easter fire representing the rebirth of nature; the fire of St. John causing the summer solstice; and finally the fire of St. Martin accompanying the departure of autumn.

In the old days, to build a giant bonfire, boys roamed the city and asked for straw. There was also a certain ritual of burning a fire. These pagan traditions and symbols (which also existed in neighboring countries) were recognized and changed by the church when the country converted to Christianity.

Lighting a fire, which was generally seen as a duty by adults in earlier centuries, is increasingly becoming a form of entertainment for teenagers, and is now organized by some village associations: the Boy Scouts, the Society of Music, the Fire Team.