Plum Eaters
The plum eater is a fool figure who lives in Bonndorf in the Black Forest . The fools guild there is named after him . She is a member of the Association of Swabian-Alemannic fools' guilds .
Within the VSAN, the plum eater are assigned to the Baar landscape . In addition to the Bonndorfer tradition, the Narrenstuben in Bonndorfer Castle show an overview of the entire Alemannic Carnival .
history
The name of the fool figure comes from a legend. This says that the Bonndorfer should have eaten the first plums that came to the Black Forest, along with the stones and stems. Henceforth they are said to have been called plum swallowers.
In a guild book of carpenters, locksmiths, lathe operators and combmakers from 1765 it is noted that the joiner and lathe operator had to present a billiard ball and a scheme as a masterpiece. The plum eater guild refers to this as the founding date of Bonndorfer Carnival. Whether it is actually permissible to draw conclusions from this note about carnival customs in the year 1765 is highly debatable.
The establishment of a "Carnival Committee" is documented for the year 1889, the members of which called themselves plum-eaters and are to be regarded as the origin of today's fools' association. Today's fool's figure of the plum swallower was created around 1925. In 1929 the guild of plum-eaters was included in the "Gauverband der Badische und Württembergischen Narrozunft", the predecessor organization of the Association of Swabian-Alemannic fools' guilds. In 1950, 1987 and 2013 fools meetings took place in Bonndorf.
Figures and Actors
Plum Eaters
The plum eater is the main character of Bonndorfer Carnival. Although Bonndorf is located in the Black Forest, the plum eater is one of the white fools that live on the Baar. However, it differs from these in essential features. On the one hand, instead of a smooth larva, they wear a character mask. It shows a mischievous peasant face with a large plum between its teeth. They wear a blue and white pointed hat on their heads. The costume ( hat ) of the plum swallowers consists of a jacket and trousers made of coarse linen. These are painted with motifs from the local world of legends and myths. In addition to a red scarf, he wears 22 bronze bells (rolls) on leather straps around his shoulders. The plum-eaters, also known as Hansele , move in a special foolish step to the rhythm of the fool's march . They carry a blue umbrella in their hand.
Fotzli Hansili
Fotzli Hansili is a single figure who leads the fool's jump on the Dirty Dunnschdig. It was created on the occasion of the meeting of fools in 1987 and is intended to embody as a symbolic figure the carnival customs before the creation of the plum eater. The Fotzli Hansili wears a Fläcklehäs , which is supposed to evoke associations with a pine cone. It is made up of hundreds of small scraps of fabric. The Fotzli Hansili also carries a smooth larva.
Fool advice
The fools 'council is a body of 15 men that heads the fools' guild. It is led by the fool father, the chairman of the association. The fools' councils self-confidently describe themselves as the highest council in Bonndorf. In addition to the eleven fools' councils, this also includes two elected representatives from the Hanseatic League as well as the fool policeman and a fool servant. The Narrenrat makes its most important appearance at the Schmutzigen Dunnschtig when it “rides” through the city on a historic log car to announce the carnival and to storm the town hall.
Wagon
The carters are responsible for a special vehicle that serves as a means of transport for the Fool's Council on the Dirty Dunnschdig. It is a historic log wagon that is pulled by up to six Black Forest cold-blooded horses .
Sun
The sun is a single figure of the Bonndorfer Carnival. It only precedes the children's parade on Fasnetsundig . Characteristic for the figure is its prancing gait and the fact that nobody in Bonndorf knows who exactly is hiding under the sun. In Bonndorf there are many speculations and speculations about this. The figure is a hooded mask (Alemannic: Mollikepf or Großkopfete ) that was made in the Thuringian mask factory Eilers & Mey in Manebach . The sun probably came to Bonndorf in 1915, even before the plum eater was created.
Fool police
The jester policeman is a single figure often found in the Swabian-Alemannic region. It is his responsibility to lead the carnival parades, to ensure that the parade is correctly set up and, if necessary, to ensure order. The jester policeman is dressed in a uniform and a Baden spiked cap . He wears a saber on his belt and a large bell in his hand.
Fool music
The jester music is the Bonndorf town music, which is responsible for organizing the parades of the plum eater musically. The fool's music has accompanied the plum eater since the founding phase. The jester musicians wear a Welschhemd (carter's smock) with a plum-swallower emblem on the back and a clef on the shoulder boards.
Guggenmusik
The Guggenmusik Bonndorf, founded in 1969, is a group of exclusively male musicians.
Course of the Bonndorfer Carnival
The Bonndorfer Carnival follows a traditional procedure:
November 11th
Although November 11th has no particular foolish meaning in the Alemannic region, it has been celebrated in Bonndorf for several decades. At 7:11 p.m., the Narrenrat meets with the Narrenmusik in Bonndorfer Gasthaus Kranz and then marches in a procession through the streets of Bonndorf to the town hall. There a self-written play is performed by the guild. At 11:11 p.m. the Fool's Council appears in full regalia and is solemnly introduced into office and proclaims the motto of the upcoming Carnival.
Epiphany
On Epiphany , January 6th, the actual beginning of the carnival season in the Swabian-Alemannic region, the fools' guild holds its annual general meeting. The meeting will look back on the past year and give an outlook on the upcoming Carnival. If there are new places in the jester's council, the newly appointed take the pledge to cherish and cultivate the plum-swallowing spirit .
Dirty Dunnschdig (Thursday before Ash Wednesday)
The Dirty Dunnschdig marks the beginning and at the same time the climax of the Bonndorfer Fasnet. The day begins with the people waking up to the Guggenmusik at dawn. In the morning, the fools “storm” the Bonndorf schools in order to “free” the students.
At 2:11 p.m. the big fool's jump takes place. It leads from the train station via Martinstrasse to the town hall. The move is led by the fool policeman, Fotzli Hansili and fool music. This is followed by the fool's seeds, i.e. the young plum swallowers (still without a mask), and then the plum swallowers. At the end of the procession, the fools' councils follow on a fool's tree, a 23-meter-long tree trunk that is pulled by horses. The train stops several times along the way and the Fool's Council announces Shrovetide. At Latschariplatz (the square in front of the town hall), the Narrenrat finally descends and “storms” the town hall to take over the government of the town of Bonndorf. For this purpose, the jester's council appears with the mayor on the town hall balcony and demands that he hand over the city key. As a sign that the plum-swallowers took office, a life-size plum-swallower doll is hung on the balcony of the Gasthof Sonne across from the town hall.
In the evening at 7:11 p.m. the shirt glunker parade takes place, where people in long white nightgowns and with lanterns go through the streets of Bonndorf to celebrate the beginning of the crazy time. This parade is preceded by fool music and a four-meter-high shirt glunk. The day ends with a shirt glunkerball in the bars in the suburbs (the urban area southwest of the city center).
Fasnetsunndig (Sunday)
The children's parade takes place on Shrove Tuesday. The sun prances ahead of the move. This parade is not only attended by the fool's music and the plum-eaters, but also by various groups of fools who dress up on a foolish topic of their own choosing. In the evening the groups go through the bars and perform a short program there.
Fasnetmendig (Rose Monday)
The carnival game takes place on the stage in front of the town hall on Fasnetmendig at 2:11 p.m. In it, the carnival motto, which on 11.11. was announced. Local and world political events are poked fun at. After that, the big parade of the plum-eaters, with the fools' guilds and Guggenmusiken from the surrounding communities, moves through the town to the town hall. This is followed by the fooling around in the town hall and the bars in the city center.
Fasnetzischdig (Tuesday)
Tuesday is the last day of Shrovetide, the last day before Lent . On this day the children are thrown out. Individual Hansele move from inn to inn, closely followed by smaller groups of children. On the way, the plum-eaters distribute sweets and sausages, provided the children can recite various traditional sayings ( fools' sayings ).
In addition, the plum-eaters visit the fools parades in the neighboring villages of Ewattingen and Dillendorf . In the evenings, the Narrenrat travels through the Bonndorf localities as a Hansel-Pflum school class . In essays, poems and song lectures, the fools' councils report on mishaps, mishaps and funny incidents of citizens of Bonndorf.
Exactly at midnight between Tuesday and Ash Wednesday , Shrovetide is symbolically burned on Latschariplatz in front of the town hall, when the plum-eater doll placed on the dirty Dunnschdig goes up in flames.
Alter Fastnetsunndig (Sunday after Ash Wednesday)
The old Shrovetide Sunday on the Sunday after Ash Wednesday marks the final end of Shrovetide. The carnival spark is lit on Bonndorf's local mountain, the Lindenbuck . This consists of sticks , which the plum-swallowers collect in the forest in summer.
literature
- Theo Hany, with the assistance of Karlo Ebner: Die Schloss-Narrenstuben Bonndorf and the Bonndorfer Fasnacht . Südkurier Verlag, Konstanz 1986, ISBN 3-87799-084-3
- Association of Swabian-Alemannic fools guilds (ed.): On the history of the organized carnival . Doldverlag, Vöhrenbach 1999, ISBN 3-927677-17-5 , p. 243
- Ulrich Werner Schulze: History (s) of the Bonndorfer Fastnacht . Edition Winterwork, Borsdorf near Leipzig 2012, ISBN 978-3-86468-320-6
Web links
supporting documents
- ↑ Offer and sales catalog from Eilers & Mey, Manebach
- ↑ David Götz: The "sun" poses a number of riddles , Badische Zeitung, November 11, 2015, print edition
- ↑ Gudrun Deinzer: Alexander Wetz new jester police in Bonndorf , Südkurier, January 7, 2014, accessed on January 21, 2016
- ↑ Erhard Morath: "11.11." is performed in three locations , Badische Zeitung, September 28, 2015, accessed on January 21, 2016
- ↑ Erhard Morath: The discipline of fools in the Häs , Badische Zeitung, September 25, 2009, accessed on January 21, 2016
- ↑ Gerald Edinger: Happy start to the Pflumeschlucker-Fasnet , Südkurier, February 13, 2015, accessed on January 21, 2016