Fools fair

This article explains the Swabian-Alemannic carnival customs of modern times. For the medieval “ fools' mass ” see Mass parody .

Priests at the jester's mass in Rottenburg am Neckar, 2014

As fools Fair (also called "Hästrägermesse") is a Roman Catholic Mass called that at the time of the Swabian-Alemannic carnival is celebrated with hints of almost eight royal customs.

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Narrenmesse in Tannheim (2012)

At almost all landscape gatherings of the guilds, there is a service of haters in the local church in the evening or morning before the fool's leap . The liturgy of the mass can then have the following characteristics:

• Entry , exit and other parts of the Holy Mass are musically accompanied by a fool's band or Guggenmusik instead of the organ.
• Participants of the service appear in costumes in the "hat" (but without the face covering by masks).
• The celebrant delivers the sermon in rhyme and / or local dialect .
• Intercessions are read out by haunters.

See also

• Cologne mass

Web links

Commons : Narrenmesse  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Go to church in Häs in : Freiburger Fasnetlexikon of the Badische Zeitung

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Schwäbische Zeitung: Narrenmesse unites residents and visitors from February 12, 2013, accessed on February 20, 2013