Pentecost singing

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As a Pentecostal singing or Pentecostal eggs singing or eggs singing one is Heischebrauch in Bergisch Land designated, in which young men on Whit Saturday go from house to house and from farm to farm to the residents with a Heischelied clad in the Pentecost greeting.

description

On the evening of Pentecost Saturday the young boys gathered and went singing through the towns. They tried hard to have their own territory. If other groups from neighboring districts came into the foreign territory, there was a dispute, which often degenerated into serious fights. In front of the houses they sang the song of Pentecost well into the night. With this they asked especially for raw eggs, bacon and other gifts such as schnapps, tobacco and money. On the second holiday they came together again to happily beat the eggs with the bacon in the pan and eat them together. In later years people stayed together after singing and often consumed the gifts they had collected until the early hours of the morning. In large parts of the Bergisches Land, people still go to Whitsun singing as always. But it is no longer the young boys, but the men's choirs, which have meanwhile reached a considerable average age, who offer the Pentecost greeting.

Every time the pingsjonge received a gift, they thanked them with: Me dunn us och thank you, we don't want to quarrel with me . But if there was nothing, then they sang: Dat Huus dat stands op Stippe, dä Deuvel sall et seesaw .

history

In a newspaper report in the Gladbacher Zeitung at Easter 1935, it was said that Duke Wilhelm von Berg had already forbidden Pentecost singing in 1574 because there had been disputes among the singing groups for their own area . In 1809 the Whitsun singing was again banned. It follows from this that it was already a practiced custom at that time . The document on the prohibition has the following text:

"Since the usage known under the name of Whitsun song or Whitsun-Eyerhaben is not compatible with the order of a good police and has only too often given rise to arguments and debauchery, this mischief is forbidden under severe punishment for brittles. A warning to everyone. Pastor Siegen zu Paffrath is asked to provide information on next Sunday, the 14th of this month. Mts. To announce and, as happened, to certify below "

- Gladbach , May 13, 1809, Fauth, Maire.

It was also banned later, as the newspaper report mentioned above makes known. In 1912, for example, the old custom of the so-called Whitsun singing appeared to the police administration in recent years as a considerable disturbance of public peace and order . Instead of taking on a custom that raises the sense of community and giving it back the social meaning it originally had , she threatened him with the application of Section 360 (11) of the Criminal Code , which would result in a fine of up to 150 marks or equivalent imprisonment for the Disobedience provided. But the ban had to be repeated as early as 1914.

text

The lead singer sings:
He kummen och de Pingsjonge,
the singers answer:
Feirosen Blümelein! Leading
singer:
Han dies Johr not yet jesonge,
co-singer as refrain:
Feirosen Blümelein,
the girl is brave,
roses and three
little flowers, hello you brave little girl.

Further stanzas read:
Schwatz Höhnche would have jelaht an egg,
would have dat Sterzje kromm somehow. Raft ens en et egg barrel, the fengere don't get wet. Jett us och en pingsei, et us lever three as two. Joht ens op de Höhnerstall, do lijen de eggs överall. Oh, but soften, now we all have an oak. Oh Jott, what is the sunshine? he krije me all ne thunder keel. Jett us och a strand of tobacco, the Jonge de Botze mows straight. Jett und och en Blootwuersch, represents d'n Honger un d'n Duersch. Jongen doht de caps aff, do kütt en Frau em Hemp eraff. Lohts us not a long time he stonn, me must still nom Jrone jonn. When one has received gifts, one says thanks: Et Agnes es en jood Frau, et schött et Jeld su us de Mau. De Heinrich es ne jode man, hä jütt de Jonge, what hä can.































Pentecost singing in other regions

In other regions one speaks of Pentecost singing or singing at Pentecost. However, their form and content have nothing to do with the customs described above. The following list gives an overview, which should not be considered representative:

  • In Hoyerswerda in Upper Lusatia , a traditional Whitsun singing takes place every year. On Pentecost Sunday or Monday, several choirs from Hoyerswerda and from places in the area gather on a mountain, at the edge of the forest, in a clearing or in a public square. Sometimes there are also musicians who support the singing with their instruments. It has been the custom for years for the choirs to sing old folk tunes or original compositions in front of a large audience.
  • In the zoological garden of the city of Wuppertal , the Whitsun days have been accompanied by music for many years. Several choirs create a musical Whit Monday in the music shell on the flower ring while singing in the zoo .
  • In Annaberg-Buchholz , Pentecost singing takes place in the Buchholz Forest on Whit Monday.
  • Whitsun singing in the Bavarian Forest is also called water bird singing .
  • The Pentecostal quack in Dimbach (Palatinate) is a custom called Pingschdequack in dialect . Children, decorated with wreaths of flowers, go through the village, sing their Whitsun quack song , for which they are rewarded with eggs and bacon or a donation. This custom is not limited to Dimbach, it can also be found elsewhere.

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c August Kierspel De Pengsjongen , in: Bergischer Volkskalender for the year 1920, Bergisch Gladbach 1919, p. 7ff.
  2. ↑ Herbert Stahl : Moitzfeld, Through life, through the year , series of publications by the Bergisches Geschichtsverein eV, Volume 56, Bergisch Gladbach 2009, pp. 106ff., ISBN 3-932326-56-3
  3. ↑ Ongoing reports in the daily press since 1990
  4. ^ Gladbacher Zeitung of April 14, 1935
  5. ^ Whitsun singing in Hoyerswerda and the surrounding area , accessed on October 1, 2015.
  6. ^ Whitsun singing in the Wuppertal Zoo , accessed on October 1, 2015.
  7. ↑ Whitsun singing in the Buchholzer Wald ( memento from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) accessed on October 2, 2015
  8. ↑ Youtube: Pfingstsingen 2010 in Annaberg-Buchholz, accessed on October 2, 2015
  9. ^ Whitsun singing in the Bavarian Forest accessed on October 2, 2015
  10. ↑ Pingschdequack in Dimbach in the Palatinate, accessed on October 2, 2015

literature

  • Alois Döring: Rhenish customs throughout the year. Publication of the Rhineland Regional Association, Office for Rhenish Regional Studies Bonn, Greven Verlag, Cologne 2006, ISBN 3-7743-0377-0 , pp. 204f.
  • Otto Kaufmann : Oberbergische Heischegänge and -lieder. In: Roemerike Berge, magazine for home care in the Bergisches Land, 12th year 1962/63, p. 49ff.
  • Heinrich Becker: Old Pentecostal customs in Bergisch. In: Bergischer Calendar 1928, Bergisch Gladbach o. J., p. 38ff.
  • Emil Georg Renschler: Hohkeppeler manners and customs in the mirror of student work. In: Bergischer Calendar 1930, Bergisch Gladbach o. J., p. 39f.

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