Harvest festival in Oberammergau, Germany

Feb. 26 German passion play village is scene of colourful national costume feast: Oberammergau, the little village which nestles at the foot of the Alps and which is world famous as the setting of the spectacular Passion Play was the scene of another colourful spectacle when the National Costume festival was held through the streets of the picturesque village. 3, 000 people came from all over Bavaria, from Ettal, Mittenwala, Partenkirchen, Walchensee all wearing their own district costume. The theme of the processions was Harvest thanksgiving. Afterwards there were displays of old fashioned Bavarian folk dances like Drahner, Landler, and Schuhplattler (the famous dance where the hands, thighs and knees are slapped). accompanied by Bavarian music. Photo shows Harvest thanksgiving is celebrated in the procession the buxom milkmaid carries her butter-making churn, men carry rakes and one of them carries cheeses in a painted carrier

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Afterwards Buxom Celebrated Cheeses Churn Dances Displays Ettal Feast Landler Milkmaid Nestles Oberammergau Partenkirchen Processions Rakes Schuhplattler Spectacle Spectacular Thanksgiving Theme Walchensee

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