Germany's Spergau celebrates Candlemas festival to drive out winter

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2025-02-02

Magedeburg, Germany (dpa) - Costumed residents of the eastern German village of Spergau took to the streets on Sunday to drive out winter during the village's traditional Candlemas festival. "We visit more than 100 households, entering courtyards and houses if we are allowed to," the event's organizer Frank Kröhan said, who was playing one of the "kitchen lads" - the most important characters in the festival's hierarchy. UNESCO says the first sig......

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