Category: Celebrations
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Abschlussfeier/Graduation
On June 16th the school year at Portland Kinderschule ended with a big Abschlussfeier. For that the PKS Circus came to town. There were monkeys, horses and elephants in the arena. Acrobats were showing breathtaking stunts. A magician performed his tricks, musicians played and the clowns told funny jokes. All in front of an audience…
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Fasching
Traditionally lent are the last 40 days before Easter starting on Ash Wednesday during which you’re supposed to fast and give-up on luxuries. So you better enjoy the last days before all this fasting starts. This is what people all over the world do, whether it’s the famous Carnivals in Rio or Venice, Mardi Gras…
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Video of Nikolausfeier and PKS in 2016
A video of the Nikolausfeier and pictures looking back to the year 2016 at PKS:
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Nikolausfeier
Do you know where Santa Claus got his name from? From the Dutch. Their name for the legendary bishop Saint Nicholas of Myra is Sinterklaas which turned into Santa Claus. And the Germans call the same person Nikolaus. There are a few differences between Santa Claus and Nikolaus. Santa Claus wears a white trimmed red…
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Laternenlauf
Every year in fall around November 10th or 11th litte kids in Germany go out on the streets at dusk holding self-made little lanterns and singing songs for the traditional Lanternenlauf (lantern walk). In Catholic regions it is also called a St.Martin’s-Umzug as it happens on November 11th which is St.Martin’s day to honor the…
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Faschingsfest
Faschingsfest is a pre-Lenten celebration that is marked by many different traditions and customs throughout Germany, Switzerland and Austria.