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A poetic, musical picture story from the torchlight procession in Vissefjärda on All Hallows' Day in Sweden, about a woman's thoughts as she goes to visit her husband's grave.
A poetic, musical picture story from the torchlight procession in Vissefjärda on All Hallows' Day in Sweden, about a woman's thoughts as she goes to visit her husband's grave.
Hanna Landing Eriksson
(voice)
A poetic, musical picture story from the torchlight procession in Vissefjärda on All Hallows' Day in Sweden, about a woman's thoughts as she goes to visit her husband's grave.
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