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Russ and the celebration explained.
The russefeiring (English: "russ celebration") is a traditional celebration for Norwegian high school students in their final spring semester. Students that take part in the celebrations are known as russ. The russefeiring traditionally starts on around 20 April and ends on 17 May, the Norwegian Constitution day. Participants wear coloured overalls, they make groups and name a bus, car or van and celebrate almost continually during this period. Students who buy a bus, are partying in this bus the entire night until school every day from the start to 17 May. Drunkenness, and public disturbances are regularly linked to the celebration.
Ranks explained
There are about 5 ranks. (There are more, we're just not including them)
Russepresident
The russepresident is responsible for about everything with the russ and to give an interview to a local newspaper and hold a speech on Constitution Day. The party coordinator organizes parties with different themes (for instance "What are you going to be when you're fully educated?", "bad taste" and "halloween"). The newspaper editor and the journalists make a russenewspaper. The contraceptive responsible gets some thousand condoms from the Red Cross to pass out to the russ.
Red
Which are students who do "Allmennfag" (general studies) (mathematics, physics, biology, history, literature, English etc); media and communication, art, music, dance and drama; and athletics. This is the most common colour.
Blue
Which are students who do Business Administration studies (Økonomi & Administrasjon)
Green
Which are students who do agricultural courses
Black
Which are students who do vocational courses (like electronics, carpentry or culinary programs). As Norwegian vocational studies consist of 2 years of schooling and 1 or 2 years of apprenticeship, black russ can choose to celebrate at the end of school, at the end of the apprenticeship, or both. Some red russ choose black in order to stand out, although most red and blue russes do not acknowledge them as real russes. In fact, since most black russ are under 18 years old, they chose to order the red overalls in order to enter party sites where only those over 18 are allowed.
Vans
In the russ vehicle, modern tradition requires a powerful audio equipment inside the vehicle, and on buses also on the roof (the largest systems allowed have forty speaker boxes which can generate over sixty thousand watts and be among the best sound systems in the world, rivaling those used by famous artists on concert tours). Some buses have had over 60 speaker boxes. Other accessories include sweaters and caps with the group's chosen logo and a bus song or slogan. It is also common to have some sort of theme for the interior and name/concept. Many buses have expensive theme interior, sometimes a bar, and plenty of flat-screens. A party light system is also common in buses.
Cards
Most russ have personalized calling cards featuring their name, their photograph and a short slogan. These cards are swapped with other russ and handed out to children and family members. To many children, collecting russcards is an important activity during the entire russ period, but especially May, culminating on May 17.
Ranks
Russepresident
Matt Arjama
Vice Russepresident
Blå russ (Blue)
Rød russ (Red)
Svart russ (Black)
- Spending a night in a tree (earns a stick from the tree)
- Eating a Big Mac in two bites (earns a piece of the wrapping)
- Drinking a bottle of wine in 20 minutes (earns the wine cork)
- Crawling through a super market while barking and biting customers' legs (earns a dog biscuit)
- Spending a school day crawling on hands and knees (earns a toy shoe)
- Spending the entire russ period sober (earns a fizzy drink cork)
- Drinking 24 beers in 24 hours (girls) or 12 hours (boys)
- Go for a swim before 1 May
- Ask random people in a mall if they can lend you a condom (earns the condom)
- Stage a false break up with a random 16-year-old in public
- Sit in a round about with a sign that says "We'll have drink if you honk your horn!"
- Host an aerobic class at the local pub and get at least ten people to join.
By completing these ^^ you will be rewarded with a higher rank (ranks are not displayed here.).
Requirements
You are required to have a pair of pants for your russ color
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