I know I’ve been on about our local Samsons, but they are BIG! I wanted to add a video of them dancing but that means paying……..
They date from the Baroque times and were part of a Catholic festival, designed to cheer folk up. This was at the 20th Birthday of our latest local Samson in Ramingstein, though it was technically his 22oth. He’s the one in blue and red with his two dwarves -I’ve no idea why they are there, but they are named after the Patron Saints of the local churches. Apparently our Samson’s predecessor fell in the river Mur.
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October 13, 2012 at 11:17 pm
What neat characters, There was a place in northern california called The Trees Of Mystery that had a statue of Paul Bunyan & Babe the Blue Ox
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October 13, 2012 at 5:37 am
Fascinating – and a great entry!
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October 13, 2012 at 3:00 am
Lovely shots and the scale is quite impressive, they are very big. Are there people in side them?
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October 15, 2012 at 8:01 am
There’s someone inside each one, and part of the parade is usually a dance, but as I’m too mean to pay for it, I couldn’t put the video on. There’s usually a group of about 5 people around as they dance in case they fall over -which has happened after the guy inside has had too many beers!
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October 13, 2012 at 12:08 am
Oh these are cool
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October 12, 2012 at 5:50 pm
Fantastic and amazing – It is so BIG in many ways .. superb photo and thanks for sharing
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October 12, 2012 at 5:32 pm
And big they are! 🙂
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