Kayaks light up Copenhagen canals in Santa Lucia procession

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Kayaks decked with Christmas lights lit up central Copenhagen as they moved along the city's canals on Friday (Dec 13) evening to celebrate Saint Lucia, the traditional "bearer of lights".   WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00Kayaks, decked with Christmas lights, lit up central Copenhagen as they moved along

00:06the city's canals on Friday evening to celebrate St. Lucia, the traditional bearer of lights.

00:12Spectators watched from streets and bridges around the city, and organizers said around

00:17400 kayaks were part of the parade.

00:19This is a very special event because I think it's a one-of-a-kind event we have here in

00:23Copenhagen.

00:24It's a very beautiful sight to see, 400 kayaks dressed in lights and with the choir singing

00:31beautiful songs all the way around.

00:33And it just gives such a fantastic atmosphere and all the spectators watching it, they're

00:39kind of drawn into the experience and are singing along.

00:43And so what it is in the end, it's for people to experience something magic and hopefully

00:50spread a lot of love.

00:53Copenhagen paddlers wore a traditional Lucia crown of fake candles on their heads, which

00:58is associated with a 3rd century Saints' Day, traditionally celebrated on December 13th

01:04with a procession of singing children.

01:06The procession of lights at one of the darkest times of the year in Scandinavia originated

01:11in Sweden at the end of the 19th century, and was later adapted by their neighbors in

01:15Denmark.

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