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May 18, 1980 - Opening-Performance of the Passion Play of Oberammeragau West-Germany: In the year 1633, when the black page snatched away most of the inhabitants of the little mountain village the parish fathers, driven to desperation, took an Oath that they would stage a performance of the Passion of Christ every ten years if the plague vanished. And the story the black death. Already in the year 1634 the inhabitants of Oberammergau fulfilled their Oath. They Kept their promise and performed the Passion Play every ten years right up until the present day. The play depicts the story of Christ's Passion beginning with the entry into Jerusalem and ending with the resurrection and transfiguration. The text for the Passion Play was reformed between 1850and 1960 by the parish priest Alois Daisenberger from Oberammergau. About 900 performers act in the Passion play 1980. All main parts are double casted, because of eventual illness of an actor or causing on the many exhausting performances. Photo Shows The great Crucifixion-scene

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