YORKTON - Anytime seems like a good time to enjoy a Hygge.
So Saturday the Western Development Museum branch in Yorkton hosted an ‘Art of the Hygge’ afternoon featuring various relaxing activities which is really at the heart of what a hygge is all about.
For those unfamiliar with Hygge, the Oxford dictionary defines it as “a quality of coziness and comfortable conviviality that engenders a feeling of contentment or well-being (regarded as a defining characteristic of Danish culture).”
Meanwhile Wikipedia expands on that, noting “Hygge is a word in Danish and Norwegian that describes a cozy, contented mood evoked by comfort and conviviality. As a cultural category with its sets of associated practices hygge has more or less the same meaning in both places and in both languages; however, the emphasis on hygge as a core part of Danish culture is a recent phenomenon, dating to the late 20th century.
In Yorkton activities included a spinning demonstration, knitting, candle-making, board games and a cozy reading corner, as well as refreshments.
Candles are often central as they help set the mood of hygge, so making candles was a popular activity Saturday.
Those taking part dipped cord repeatedly into hot bees wax, slowly creating a candle which would burn 30-60-minutes.
Candle making was also a good fit for the museum in the sense it was something pioneers would have done.
