karohemd | Besenbrennen

Tonight's Walpurgis Night. Specifically in the area of Germany I'm from this is celebrated by lighting bonfires and the event is called Besenbrennen (the burning of brooms) which combines the "out with the old, in with the new" idea with chasing out the spirits of winter with fire. Obviously, these days nobody uses bundles of twigs or straw as brooms anymore, the fires are mainly fed with old bits of wood, crates and other stuff.

Fun family anecdote: It's also my dad's birthday so when I was little he claimed that the fires were lit in his honour.