Saint Lucy's Procession at Aarhus Art Museum ARoS

See the light on top of ARoS

Experience the beautiful St Lucia procession as children and young people aged 8–15 sing in the Christmas season. The spectacular Saint Lucy procession winds its way through ARoS, past ‘As Seen Below – The Dome’ by James Turrell, and ends at the top of Olafur Elissaon’s ‘Your Rainbow Panorama’. Whether you’re inside the museum or watching from street level, you can enjoy the beautiful sight as the Lucia procession lights up the sky in all the colours of the rainbow.

Who was Saint Lucy?

Originally, Saint Lucy’s Day was a day of worship in honour of the light and the Catholic Saint Lucia. The name Lucia originates from the Latin word lux, which means light. Lucia was a young, Christian woman who at night handed out food to the poor back in the 300 A.D.’s Syria. On her head, she wore a crown-like headpiece fitted with candles in order for her to be able to see and have her hands free at the same time. Today, the Lucia bride, who heads the procession, still wears a crown with four candles on her head.

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