Blog Entries tagged 'traditions'
Travel Blogs Entries tagged 'traditions'
- A very special day in UžiceThere were one or two more normal classes first thing and then the next couple of hours were taken up with final rehearsals and getting ready for the Show. The Show went really well - both classes put on a Posted by 3Traveller in Teaching and Travelling Abroad | Sep 19, 2021
- Further Plovdiv explorationsWell, we certainly fitted a lot into this morning and the first half of the afternoon! The very first thing I did after breakfast was walk to an internet café to print off Mum's boarding pass for her. Reception at Posted by 3Traveller in Teaching and Travelling Abroad | Jan 27, 2019
- Tryavna revisitTryavna is famous for its woodcarving and icon-painting traditions and also for its National Revival buildings. There is a difference between the buildings in Tryavna and the ones in Plovdiv, Arbanasi, parts of Veliko Tarnovo and elsewhere, however; the r Posted by 3Traveller in Teaching and Travelling Abroad | Jan 24, 2019
- Offenburg: Witch Food and a Funeral [float=right] [img=https://photos.travellers Posted by Kathrin_E in Alemannic Fastnacht | Mar 17, 2017
- Bühl: Clean Your Candle Bühler Lichtputzer [float=right] Jester tree in front of church and town hall[/float]This blog entry is speci Posted by Kathrin_E in Alemannic Fastnacht | Feb 28, 2017
- Ewigkeitssonntag - Eternity Sunday The last Sunday of the church year, five weeks before Christmas, is celebrated as memorial day for the defunct in the Protestant churches. The older name was Totensonntag (Sunday of t Posted by Kathrin_E in Germany's Calendar | Feb 14, 2017
- Volkstrauertag - Mourning the Victims of War German postage stamp, 1965: 20th anniversary of flight and expulsion Volkstrauertag, the day of mourning the victims of war and persecution, is celebrated on the second Posted by Kathrin_E in Germany's Calendar | Feb 14, 2017
- November 11: Martinstag - St Martin's Day Statue of St Martin in the Church of St Martini (sic) in Braunschweig St Martin of Tours is one of the most popular saints in the Roman Catholic Church. His holid Posted by Kathrin_E in Germany's Calendar | Feb 14, 2017
- November 1: Allerheiligen – All Saints Day All Saints is a Catholic holiday. It is a public holiday in those federal states that are historically and predominantly Catholic: Baden-Württemberg, Bayern, Nordrhein-We Posted by Kathrin_E in Germany's Calendar | Feb 14, 2017
- October 31: Reformation Day and Halloween Luther monument in Wittenberg, and the so-called Thesentür at the palace church (which is a memorial, not the original door) Posted by Kathrin_E in Germany's Calendar | Feb 14, 2017
- Erntedank - Thanksgiving Erntedank baskets, brought into church by kindergarten children Erntedank - giving thanks for the year's harvest - is celebrated on the first Sunday in October. Some wine regi Posted by Kathrin_E in Germany's Calendar | Feb 13, 2017
- The First Day at School[float=right][/float] Children start primary school at the age of 6. No matter if they have attended kindergarten before or even a year in pre-school, the first day at 'real' scho Posted by Kathrin_E in Germany's Calendar | Feb 13, 2017
- Summer Holidays [float=left][/float]The schools close for six weeks over t Posted by Kathrin_E in Germany's Calendar | Feb 13, 2017
- Fronleichnam - Corpus Christi Flower carpets in Weingarten [float=left][img=https://photos.travellerspoint.com/871166/Fronleichnam2.jpg thumb=https://photos.travellerspoint.com/871166/thumb_Fronleichnam Posted by Kathrin_E in Germany's Calendar | Feb 13, 2017
- Pfingsten - Pentecost/Whitsunday Pfingsten is celebrated on the 50th day after Easter and marks the coming of the Holy Spirit and is the birthday of the worldwide church. Unlike Christmas and Easter there are no traditio Posted by Kathrin_E in Germany's Calendar | Feb 13, 2017
- Himmelfahrt/Vatertag - Ascension/Fathers DayThe Ascension of Christ is celebrated 39 days after Easter and 10 days before Pentecost, so it is always on a Thursday. It is a public holiday in the whole of Germany, meaning that shops are closed and public transport Posted by Kathrin_E in Germany's Calendar | Feb 13, 2017
- Muttertag - Mothers Day German postage stamp, 1957 Mothers Day is celebrated on the second Sunday in May. The movement started in the US in 1907. In Germany it was introduced in the 1920s, ini Posted by Kathrin_E in Germany's Calendar | Feb 13, 2017
- May 8 - End of World War IIMay 8, 1945 marks the end of World War II with the capitulation of the German Empire. A fewe days earlier Hitler had committed suicide. His successor, Admiral Karl Dönitz, had no other option but accept the unconditional surrender of Posted by Kathrin_E in Germany's Calendar | Feb 13, 2017
- Erster Mai - First of May: Labour Day May 1 is Tag der Arbeit, Labour Day. Traditionally this is the day of the workers' movement. The trade unions keep organizing demonstrations and events. They attract less and l Posted by Kathrin_E in Germany's Calendar | Feb 13, 2017
- Weißer Sonntag - "White Sunday" Weißer Sonntag is not to be mixed up with Whitsunday (Pentecost, Pfingsten). It is the first Sunday after Easter when the catholic parishes traditionally celebrate the first Holy C Posted by Kathrin_E in Germany's Calendar | Feb 13, 2017
- Easter Good Friday and Easter, Christ's crucification and resurrection, are the highest holidays in the Christian churches and celebrated with festive sevices and masses. The Catholic churches usu Posted by Kathrin_E in Germany's Calendar | Feb 13, 2017
- Spring[img=https://photos.travellerspoint.com/871166/4394148-Th..ers-Germany.jpg thumb=https://photos.tr Posted by Kathrin_E in Germany's Calendar | Feb 13, 2017
- The Fifth Season: Karneval - Fasching - Fastnacht The so called "Fifth Season" is the craziest time of the year. Carnival takes place on the weekend before the beginning of the Lent. If your calendar does not show the dates, look up th Posted by Kathrin_E in Germany's Calendar | Feb 13, 2017
- January 6: Epiphany, and the Star Singers A Star Singers' blessing The Christmas season officially lasts until Epiphany, also called the Day of the Holy Three Kings, on January 6. In the Christian churches J Posted by Kathrin_E in Germany's Calendar | Feb 13, 2017
- Silvester - New Year’s Eve New Year's Eve fireworks in Marburg While Christmas is a family affair in Germany, Silvester is big party time. From clubs and pubs to fancy restaurants and posh hotel Posted by Kathrin_E in Germany's Calendar | Feb 13, 2017
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