Tableround

Tableround: A tableround is a traditional academic feast known at universities in most Middle and Eastern European countries. At a tableround, tables usually are placed in the form of a U or a W, the participants drink beer and sing commercium songs. A more formal form of the tableround is the commercium. Tableround probably shares the same roots with Cantus and Sitsit.

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Cantus — redirects here. For other meanings of cantus , see Cantus (disambiguation)A cantus (Latin for singing , derived from canere ), is an activity organised by Belgian and Dutch and Baltic student organisations and fraternities. A cantus mainly… … Wikipedia
Commercium — A commercium is a traditional academic feast known at universities in most Central and Northern European countries. In German it is called a Kommers . Today it is still organised by student fraternities in Germanic and East European countries… … Wikipedia
Commercium song — Allgemeines Deutsches Kommersbuch ( General German Commercium Songbook ), cover sheet of 1858 Commercium songs are traditional academic songs that are sung during academic feasts: commerciums and tablerounds. Some very old commercium songs are in … Wikipedia
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