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Pyhävaha island in winter

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Location
Southwest Finland, Turku, Kakskerta island, Myllykylä village.
The name/names of the sacred site
Pyhävaha island
Description
The island of Pyhävaha or Peevalinkari has been known as a sacred site, where people gathered to burn midsummer pyres still in the 1930s. The island has many known names relating to it´s sacrality; "Pyhävaha", meaning sacred rock, "Peevalingkari", possibly deriving from st. Paul´s shoals and "Uhrisaari", meaning sacrifice island.
Date
March 2018.
Author
John Björkman
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