Bunge (lantern)
Bunge is a term used in the North Rhine-Westphalian district town of Warendorf and refers to the lanterns used for the Assumption of Mary in connection with the local customs that are known beyond the region . The term is also used regularly in national reporting. Bungen are basically red and serve to illuminate the houses in the old town of Warendorf on the eve (Saturday) of the festival , which, since the Assumption of Mary is not a public holiday in North Rhine-Westphalia, is postponed to the following Saturday and Sunday. Exclusively red bungs have been used since shortly after the Second World War, because due to the economic bottlenecks at the time, only the color red could be supplied. As a result, for aesthetic reasons, they stayed at the later festival weeks. The exercises are hung on the outside of the window soffits. In earlier years, at the above-mentioned festival in Warendorf, it was customary to carry exercises in hand when walking through the illuminated old town.
There is a reference to the origin of the term bunge from the grammatical-critical dictionary of High German dialect, Johann Christoph Adelung, Vienna 1808 . There bunge is mentioned as a synonym for drum (but also for bean). Drum would at least be similar in shape. The third meaning mentioned in the same book is more apt, which says that Bunge in the Osnabrück region is / was a container covered with canvas for storing food. The construction described comes very close to the usual design of lanterns and the spatial proximity to the Warendorf area speaks for this explanation. The term "bunge" probably didn't catch on until the 20th century; previously the lanterns were called torches.
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Guided city tour Warendorf on the topic of "Assumption of Mary" 2014
- ↑ www.heimatvereinwarendorf.de
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