The midsummer celebration is all about celebrating summer and having fun, eating herring, enjoying wine and staying up late. It is a lighthearted and joyful tradition. A celebration of fertility, midsummer is celebrated by young people dancing around maypole-like poles adorned with fresh greenery. This tradition is also enjoyed by those living in urban environments. The tradition is very different from the horror presented in the movie Midsommar. And while there are some aspects that are real (you may be surprised to know that the elderly jumping to their death is actually an attested tradition), much of the scarier elements are fiction. Despite the contrived premise of Midsommar, the primary setting is actually Hårga where one gets tricked by the devil into doing evil things. Aster chose this location because it has an association with a real Swedish folk legend called Hårgalåtten.