#German Traditions

[thatswhywelovegermany]

In the town of Lügde, North Rhine-Westphalia, there is the tradition of the Easter Wheel. Giant spoked wooden wheels are stuffed with large amounts of straw. After dusk, the straw is set on fire, and the wheels are set in motion to run downhill. Long rods mounted through the naves of the wheels stabilize them and let them run further. On their way downhill, the wheels leave a trace of sparks and smaller fires from burning straw that has come loose. The tradition is listed at the UNESCO as an immaterial cultural heritage. Although it is a pagan tradition, it is now supported by both the catholic and the protestant church.

[cyberr-v0id]

Shout out to my mum telling us this morning that last night was saint nicks night, and we should have put out our shoes for chocolate. Could have done with that info. Like. Last night

[captainhowlreadyforboarding]

Whenever I tell my friends that in my hometown we have festival that lasts like four days where there’s like a carousel and sweets and all the normal stuff but also the tradition of a group of men in suits carrying a life sized female doll around that gets named new each year after someone in the town we’re taking the piss out of and also each year the doll dies a gruesome death (always a new story, a new culprit) on the last day of the festival and her body (straw under a cloth on a stretcher) being burned in the village square while he group in suits fake cries and yells and sings a nonsensical song (same one each year) marks the end of the whole festival, everybody looks at me like I’m crazy. Is that just my town? D’yall not have that?

[wigoutlet]

Funsch Marzipan Pig .63 OZ For Good Luck

[fulmocat]

It's Saint Martin's Day again! One of my favourite German traditions, and a personal reminder to keep that little light shining despite everything, dirty mariniere, guilty feelings, the news...

[jadeannbyrne]

Embracing the Fall: Jade Ann Byrne’s Autumnal Transformation Through Art & Ancestral Tradition

Ah, autumn—the time when the world spins in a tapestry of gold, amber, and crimson, when the air is laced with a chill that whispers of the long winter’s sleep to come. For Jade Ann Byrne, the turning of the seasons was not just a natural cycle but a sacred rite, a passage that spoke to her Druidic and Gypsy Pagan soul, echoing through her bones like a long-forgotten song. And as she wandered���

[constanzarte]

Pierre-Charles Comte, The secret rendezvous

[sloppjockey]

ahoundoftongue. gouache watercolor painting on paper, 3x4 inches

[mischievousdog]

Wolpertinger

[huariqueje]

Christmas tree decorated with candles - Rudolf Bernhard Willmann 

German , 1868-1919

Oil on cardboard , 48 x 32 cm. 18.9 x 12.6 in.

[ichipichi-art]

German / Alman Miku

[darkrooklobby]

👁️🦉👁️

[goosehadfood]

Various dragon doodles. Mainly done in my German class

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Funsch Marzipan Pig .63 OZ For Good Luck

[fulmocat]

Digitalisation in Germany? Get the latest news on the topic by fax!

[hymnsofheresy]

what are your thoughts on your religion stealing every single one of its holidays from pagans? xo

That in order to relieve themselves of guilt and discomfort, white people create and believe narratives that deprive their European ancestors of any autonomy whatsoever. Casting their ancestors as victims of the church rather than active participants.