Whit Tuesday
Whit Tuesday (syn. ''Whittuesday'', ''Whitsun Tuesday'') is the Christian holiday celebrated the day after Pentecost Monday, the third day of the week beginning on Pentecost. Pentecost is a movable feast in the Christian calendar dependent upon the date of Easter. "Whit" relates either to the white robes worn by those baptized on Pentecost, or to the French word "huit," since Pentecost is the eighth Sunday after Easter.
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It was a holiday in the Lutheran Church in Germany at Johann Sebastian Bach, Bach's time, where all major holidays were celebra ...
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Dancing Procession Of Echternach
The dancing procession of Echternach is an annual Roman Catholic dancing procession held at Echternach, in eastern Luxembourg. Echternach's is the last traditional dancing procession in Europe. The procession is held every Whit Tuesday. It honours Willibrord, the patron saint of Luxembourg, who established the Abbey of Echternach. Echternach has developed a strong tourism industry centred on the procession, which draws many thousands of tourists and pilgrims from around the world. The procession is inscribed in 2010 as ''hopping procession of Echternach'' on the UNESCO UNESCO Lists of Intangible Cultural Heritage, Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. The Procession The ritual begins in the morning at the bridge over the Sauer, River Sauer, with a sermon delivered by the parish priest (formerly by the abbot of the monastery). “''Willibrordus-Bauverein''” officials organise the Procession, forming several dozen alternating groups of musicians an ...
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