Buchener Faschenacht
Buchener Faschenacht , actually Buchemer Faschenacht, refers to the carnival events, the carnival bustle and the more than 500 year old tradition of the carnival in Buchen (Odenwald) .
Carnival in beeches
The Buchemer Faschenacht is proclaimed on a dirty Thursday by the shout-out of the carnival society, who is out and about in the city with his companions on an open horse-drawn carriage . In the evening, the carnival excavation game begins the foolish hustle and bustle, which then determines life in Buchen on the street, in restaurants, at events and especially during the traditional carnival parades over the carnival days.
The goose march takes place on Sundays. Relatively unorganized, different groups of disguised people take part in this parade, usually on foot, to poke fun at local events or to criticize them in the manner of fools' courts. Fools disguised as huddleheads in stain suits lead the procession with a band. Noisy bands, other traditional figures and groups of participants in disguise join them. A special feature is the move of the millers, who historically were not allowed to take part in the move and so continue to make their own move an hour before the goose march. At midnight the jester's court takes place at the old town hall.
The Carnival highlight on the streets is the Carnival Monday parade with numerous current car motifs, groups of fools, a large crowd of Huddelbätz and the Blecker car as a central element. On this the main character of the Buchen Carnival, the Buchener Blecker , is carried as a gold-colored replica on a wagon. Spectators at parades as well as participants in other carnival events must show their respect by kissing his bare bottom. One of the local Mardi Gras songs with the refrain “Gaee, yawn, yawn, yawn, emol be honor!” (Go here and pay homage to him once!) Refers to it.
Extensive foolish hustle and bustle on all Shrovetide days in restaurants and public places characterizes Buchen as a fool's stronghold. The Buchen Carnival is characterized by a number of fun-loving Carnival songs, among which the "guy wach uff!" Plays the leading role and establishes the connection with Blecker. Accordingly, the fool's call in Buchen is not “Helau” or “Ahoi”, but “Hinne houch!” (Up the back!). During the carnival, the three dials of the city tower clock are hung with posters. It traditionally reads: “What more do you need at Faschenacht e o'clock?”, “The Buchener Fool doesn’t strike an hour” and “Guy wach uff - Hinne houch”.
The carnival burn in front of the old town hall, during which a Huddelbätz doll goes up in flames, ends the foolish time on Tuesday night.
Historical
The actual beginnings of the carnival in Buchen are in the dark. Although the first records with the word Faschenacht can be found in the archive as early as 1368, the year 1447 has been set as the beginning of the Carnival in Buchen: A document from Elector Dietrich of Mainz allowed the people of Buchen to use “Esto mihi” (7th Sunday before Easter, Shrovetide Sunday) until the "holy Lent ", to hold a public procession and to enjoy dancing and carnival games. In 2002 the people of Buchen celebrated the 555th anniversary of their carnival. From the 14th century to the present day, the tradition can be traced almost completely historically.
It is reported that at the beginning of the 19th century the Huddelbätze increased considerably. In 1821 the vigilantes had to intervene. The carnival society Narrhalla Buchen was founded in 1879 to steer the carnival bustle in a more orderly manner.
Immediately after the Second World War , the Buchen people in what was then the American Zone were given permission to celebrate Shrovetide again. However, during the first goose march after the Second World War in 1946, there were only six sad huddles on the street, there were no more costumes.
The carnival tradition has been expanded and continued since then. Overall, the Buchemer Faschenacht is part of local customs. Accordingly, the FG Narrhalla changed its name in 1988 to “Society for the Preservation of Buchener Customs and Customs, Fasenachtsgesellschaft Narrhalla Buchen e. V. ”changed.
The Buchener Blecker
The Buchener Blecker is the symbol of the city and the symbol of the Buchen Carnival. Originally, it is a stone envy figure , lying face down naked on a pedestal, presenting the rear part.
It dates from around 1490, was found at the beginning of the 19th century when part of the city wall was demolished and was temporarily lost in an unknown way. Finally it was found by a stonemason in Grünsfeld and brought back to Buchen in 1906 by the pastor Josef Weigand. Here the missing head was replaced. Then the original Blecker found its place in the Buchen district museum.
The Blecker is the central carnival symbolic figure in Buchen and is sung about in several traditional carnival songs. A Blecker figure is carried at all carnival parades and events.
There are no historical references to the legend that a well-fed young man was presented naked on the city wall during a city siege and that the enemies then withdrew. However, there was an unsuccessful siege of Buchen by the troops of Ruprecht II of the Palatinate in 1382.
Mardi Gras figures
Huddelbätze
The numerous Huddelbätze, who, by the way, do not wear masks , are the most noticeable fool figures in beeches with their stained costumes . As light figures and signs of liveliness, they symbolize spring. They are on the move, hop and swing a rod made of birch twigs. Traditionally, the birch twigs are cut in the last rough night and tied into rods .
The patch suit of the Huddelbätz is made quite elaborately. In a tile-like overlap, around 2000 rectangular, colorful patches of fabric about 12 cm long and 2 cm wide are sewn onto a light suit made of jacket and trousers, and this is provided with a large number of small bells. In addition, band bells are sometimes worn on the wrists and ankles during performances. Therefore, when walking and jumping, a loud noise is created that is supposed to drive away demons and evil spirits .
The costume is complemented by a white, starched ruffle collar, an approximately 60 cm high pointed hat, also covered with colorful spots, and white gloves.
Härle and Fräle
"Härle und Fräle" (Mr. and Mrs.) are represented by partially masked men and women. In the past, they wore over 100-year-old festive clothing that was kept specially for this purpose, but today they are more oriented towards this. Corresponding objects and accessories are also carried along on the goose march. From the anonymity of the masks, viewers are confronted, if possible, with events in which they were involved in the past year. The earlier scrounging in the inns, however, has not existed for a long time.
Noisy bands
Especially during the goose march, there are noisy bands, groups each with their own costumes and sometimes the simplest instruments, for example the devil's violin , to generate noise and music to sing the traditional Buchen Carnival songs. But noise bands also roam the pubs at night. In addition to the traditional Krachkapelle of the Kolping family, the Morreschnorranten in Buchen have been enriching the carnival events with a music style between brass and Guggemusik for 40 years now .
Pea straw bear
For the goose march, young men are wrapped in pea straw and then given a paper mache bear's head . They symbolize winter and, lashed to long ropes, are led with a loud crack of whips by drivers wearing tails and top hats. The bears like to run into the spectators to hug some of them until the drivers intervene.
The millers
In the past, only "honorable citizens" were allowed to take part in the goose march. But since the millers did not belong to any guild, they were denied participation. So they went ahead of the goose march in work clothes (white trousers, white smock, white pointed cap) and floured faces. This tradition continues.
Wagon wheel singer
Since the early 1960s, the wagon wheel singers have established themselves with the traditional figures based on their appearances in foolish meetings. On the basis of a mounted on a stand, cartwheel imitated with pictures between the spokes put them on the nature of Bänkel- and ballad singers events of last year, beginning with "Is the ned a Wacherad? Yes, that's a watch wheel! … “In humorous singing with accordion accompaniment .
Carnival song "Guy wach uff"
The Buchem carnival night is inconceivable without the traditional Buchen Carnival songs, primarily the fool's march “Kerl wach uff”. This is how the Buchen Carnival begins and ends. On the days of Shrovetide, the song is intoned in the foolish event at every suitable opportunity or the melody is played by music bands:
Guy wake up!
Forget da Nout, da Plooch,
korz is' Lebe, therefore: "Hinne Houch!"
La la la hoi! ...
in high German:
Guy wake up!
Forget your misery and your plague,
life is short, so "Back up!"
The melody was composed in 1921 by the then conductor of the Buchen town band, Karl Tschamber. The text comes from the pen of the Buchen merchant, Elferrat president and dialect poet Jacob Mayer .
Fool's well
The more than 500 year old Carnival was erected in Buchen with the fountain of fools erected directly below the Catholic town church . This was designed in bronze by Joseph Michael Neustifter from Eggenfelden in Lower Bavaria in the form of a beech tree in the center of a natural stone fountain basin. The traditional figures of the Buchen Carnival are distributed on it and their faces are partly modeled on real people from Buch.
Local activities
In addition to local events, Buchen is often also present in regional carnival events. In 1980, 1990 and 2002 international fools' meetings took place in Buchen. Buchen was the venue for the large BDK friendship meeting combined with the Franconian Narrentreffen 2013. In the past, delegations from Buchener Huddelbätze took part in other external events in addition to the Franconian Narrentreffen.
Individual evidence
- ^ Museum-digital: Baden-Württemberg , The Buchener Blecker. Retrieved September 16, 2018.
- ↑ Helmut Brosch: Book in Old Views Volume 2 , European Library - Zaltbommel / Netherlands, 1991, ISBN 90-288-5271-9 , image 5
- ↑ Rhein-Neckar-Zeitung of February 21, 2020, page 12, "Morreschnorrantenten" have been roaming the streets of Buchen for 40 years.
- ↑ FG Narhalla Buchen: Guy awake uff. Retrieved March 16, 2014 .
- ↑ FG Narhalla Buchen: Highlights. Retrieved October 12, 2016 .
