Apr 11
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At the main street which leads to the student village there is Posankka sitting in the grass, the pink mascot of the housing association which is supposed to be a mix between a duck and a pig even though we don’t know where to find the duck parts :). In anticipation of Vappu (we will explain it later) which is on the 1st of May he today got his student cap. After that the Ikituuri had open doors. Ikituuri is a new building here in the student village. It is a very high tower with a round shape. From the top we had a really nice view over Turku and the student village. We got a patch for our overalls, a balloon and had some juice there.
First of all, it’s actually Posankka. It comes from possu (pig) & ankka (duck) so in English it could be something like “Piduck” 😀
The duck-part is the shape of the thing. Actually it’s more like a duck than a pig. It’s a duck with piggy’s tail & face. 🙂 Or something like that.
It always gets a christmas cap in December too. I don’t remember how long they keep it, so maybe you saw it too?
It actually has nothing to do with TYS, also not much to do with Spa Caribia, it just happens to be there. It was made in 1999 and first located into Aurajoki, but then they put it there, where it still is.
Our kids love it. 😀
For us it more looks like a pick, but anyway 🙂 .
And yes, we also saw the Christmas cap, really funny! It probably wasn’t the mascot of TYS from the beginning but it seems that they adopted it. At least in the last mail we got from TYS they wrote that it is there mascot…