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Whose Festival Is It?

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At the outset of our annual town festival the mayor and other dignitaries as well as the wine princesses of the region gather on the balcony of the old town hall. The mayor gives a speech and everybody waits for the cannon to fire from the nearby castle. Once the shot is heard the mayor asks the crowd below: “Wem is die Kerwe?” and the crowd bellows: “Unser!!!” – and four days of revelling can commence.

Translation: “Whose Festival Is It?” – “Ours!!!”

Double-gedippt (sic!) for FOWC with Fandango: Outset

and Ragtag Daily Prompt: Festival

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every year we are going down

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The big slide – each year an attraction for kids and adults alike at our town festival, with interruptions for more than 50 years.  I remember coming home each year with at least one scraped knee on one side and an abrasion on the other.  The stairs aren’t called Höllenstaffel (stairway to hell) for nothing.

Posted for Six Word Saturday.  More six words and photos can be found here.