Traditional fare at the Stammesfest on Christi Himmelfahrt at the Partner Erde Scout Group in Rüsselsheim:
1. Gemüsesuppe (Vegetable soup) – home made the night before
Public Holidays 1
April 30, 2010 By 1 Comment
“Public Holidays 1” is a collection of 4 transcripts, each in their own PDF file. The pack is a ZIP file containing the 4 PDFs and is available from the AllThingsGerman Download Store.
The transcripts in this pack are:
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Christi Himmelfahrt
May 14, 2008 By 2 Comments
Christi Himmelfahrt is known in English as Ascension Day. It is celebrated on the 40th day after Easter Monday.
The name comes from the New Testament, where it is described how Jesus ascended to heaven having shown himself to his aspostles 40 days after the resurrection.
The day is a bank holiday in all of Germany as has been since 1936, although it was not celebrated in the GDR between 1967 and 1989.
The day is also known as Vatertag – Father’s Day and many clubs and organisations hold their annual parties, open days or outings on this day.
In 2008 Christi Himmelfahrt fell on the same day as Maifeiertag!
To hear a simple explanation and a short discussion in German, listen to the podcast:
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