6.8 - The Russetid (Celebration of Graduation)

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Russetida, the celebration of graduation from upper secondary school, happens from the first to 17th of May, the national day of Norway. The students will then take on red clothes, a red russe hat and hand out russe cards, which many children collect. These cards will often contain a funny picture and quote from the person who hands it out. The russetid is also celebrated with a lot of partying and alcohol, and the russ have their own festivals and parties.

But the russetid is not only about partying. It is also about having fun in other ways, for example the russeknuter, challenges. Doing a challenge gives you a prize that you can fasten to your russe hat. Some examples of challenges in 2022 were.

Many russ will make groups with a group name, group merchandise, group clothes, a group logo, and sometimes, even a buss, a so called russebuss. The buss is painted and styled and is used to go around the country to party. Some groups will even make their own song, a so-called russesang. These are very sexualized and is often about partying, drinking a lot of alcohol, and having sex with beautiful girls. Many have criticised them, but they are popular among the russ.

Many look forward to their russetid, but many has also criticized the tradition. The russetid used to be after the exams, but now, the exams are after the russetid. That means that many people will party for almost a month before their most important exams, leading to much worse grades than they would have gotten without partying so much.