\u00a0Weather Scoop fundraising event returns to Connie’s Ice Cream\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\nSpiritual living fires, the burning of an ancestral ship to honor ancestors and ritual nights are planned with intentions are just a few of the festivities during the festival.<\/p>\n
Organizers said the festival not only brings communities together, but also opens people’s minds to honoring history and their own past.<\/p>\n
“As you go through life, if you want to know more where you’re going, understand where you’ve come from,” said Rich Konkol, co-founder of the Erie County Viking Fest. “Because it just, it gives you that, a little bit more completion of who you are, and then to see the trials that your ancestors have gone through, that’s really a big thing.”<\/p>\n
The festival continues through the weekend with events planned throughout.<\/p>\n
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