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Tag: Sankt Martin
Time to shine
The light in the bottle: I don’t know if I like the intended meaning in the caption, or the one owed to the printer’s mishap: Love your liver (especially since this light is caught in a wine bottle.
The light in the hat: The photo was taken on a Saint Martin’s Day parade. This was the guitarist who led the procession of nursery school children through the village.
The light in the pumpkin: Not quite the right season but too good to omit.
This is for Nancy’s A Photo a Week: lit from within.
More lit up photos can be found at a drop of a hat … I mean click of a mouse.
I’m walking with my lantern …
🎵🎶 … and my lantern is walking with me 🎶🎵
In Germany (and many other European country) Saint Martin’s Day is celebrated on or around 11 November. In our area there are processions of children carrying lanterns, singing songs like “Laterne, Laterne, Sonne, Mond und Sterne”. In larger towns a rider dressed up as a Roman soldier proceeds the children, in remembrance of the legend that St. Martin cut his coat in half to share with a poor man who was clothed in rags. At the end of the procession children are rewarded with a sweet pastry, either a pretzel or in the form of a man. In some areas the children then ring on doorbells to collect sweets comparable to Halloween customs.
The lanterns are often made by the children themselves in class, although some are oviously bought.
For Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Lights.
For more photos with lights of all kind, click here.
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