Party On!

Any party is better with accordion music, don't you think?

This photo of a scutching party is from the early 20th century and was taken in a village somewhere in eastern Europe. 

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Comments

[Maia]

Looks like a great party! It looks a bit odd though like everyone was gathered up in the middle of their work to be photographed.

[Sara]

That one young man looks quite proud to be king-of-the-scutching-mill with his scutching knife!

Looks like a happy crowd, too, I'm sure because of the influence of accordion music.