Ole looks forward to the Norske Dager festival every year. He can spend the weekend catching up with family and friends, practising his few remembered words of Norwegian, and observing reactions as he walks around in his Viking outfit. What is Ole engaging in?
A) symbolic ethnicity
B) ephemeral ethnicity
C) transitory ethnicity
D) false ethnicity

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Ole is engaging in symbolic ethnicity, which refers to an optional or situational expression of ethnicity by individuals who do not necessarily face the same daily struggles, discrimination, or disadvantages as those living in an ethnic homeland or community. His participation in the Norske Dager festival, where he expresses his Norwegian heritage in a celebratory and selective manner, exemplifies this concept.

Ole Looks Forward to the Norske Dager Festival Every Year