Tag: Bavarian customs
Happy children and watery soups – Bavaria
A gfeids Mädl An acquaintance recently said that he gets the greatest joy when he watches his granddaughter because she is “such a daring girl”. Gfeid – that’s what they…
Corpus Christi: let citizens determine public holidays – Munich
For me, Corpus Christi is usually a long weekend when I sometimes have visitors, sometimes go away, often lie around somewhere in the sun and keep asking myself: Why exactly…
The difference between fraternities and Kerwa boys – Bavaria
Anyone who has ever been a guest at court has an idea that humor is not one of the core phenomena there. Involuntary humor occurs, but can cause stomach ache…
Customs in Bavaria: The Haberer as a terror force – Bavaria
The Haberfeld excercise is considered to be a traditional Bavarian tradition. Masked men went out at night to denounce the violations of individuals. Harmless jokes or menacing popular justice? In…
Upper Franconia: The difference between fraternity members and Kerwa lads – Bavaria
Anyone who has ever been a guest at court has an idea that humor is not one of the core phenomena there. Involuntary humor occurs, but can cause stomach ache…
Hundreds of riders at the Kötztinger Pfingstritt – Bavaria
On Whit Monday, several hundred participants set out on horseback in the Upper Palatinate for the traditional men’s pilgrimage. At the Kötzting Whitsun Ride, they set out in holiday costume…
Typical German: I’m still hesitating – Munich
The man wore a white shirt and peculiar underwear. It was a rather tight-fitting, leather-like trouser construction that ended below the knee curve. I immediately noticed several similarly clad figures…
The Christian hiking season is open – Bavaria
This is the time of year when the Catholic hiking season begins. The first pilgrims are on their way to Altötting and elsewhere, and at least in rural Bavaria, supplications…
First Communion: a Catholic cake fight – Bavaria
At the moment, First Communion is being celebrated in many communities, so it almost looks as if the old Catholic Bavaria still exists, as if Pope Benedict XVI. took the…
Bavarian language root for Gerhard Polt: Bavarian is an ocean – Bavaria
When Gerhard Polt accepted the Bavarian language root on Saturday as the award winner, he said that shortly beforehand he had heard a speaker on the car radio announcing in…