Ring out grass
Grass removal parade in Terfens in the 1930s
As Grasausläuten be as Customs noise-making processions with bells , bells and cracking whips in the time of cattle buoyancy and pasture beginning around the St. George's Day (April 23) in Tyrol called.
The ringing of grass, during which children symbolically drive out a winter in noisy parades with bells and bells, is a tradition in the central region of Tyrol to this day.
In the Karwendel in Tyrol around Schwaz , the Grasauläuten is still maintained as it used to be. In Schwaz itself, members of the riflemen go out to purge grass.
Web links
- Entry on Grasausläuten in the Austria Forum (in the AEIOU Austria Lexicon )
- Tyrolean grass ringing out (N8 video 1969)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Grasauslöuten in the Karwendel. Retrieved November 30, 2015 .