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Tag: Schnabelperchten

Perchtenlauf, Eugene, Oregon, New Year’s Eve 2019

January 9, 2020

Once more, this past New Year’s Eve, we laufed throughout the city – a group of about nine monsters of various, mostly traditional types (including our very first Schnabelpercht!). … More Perchtenlauf, Eugene, Oregon, New Year’s Eve 2019

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Perchtenlauf, Eugene Oregon, December 2014

September 4, 2015

The second Eugene Perchtenlauf had a few of the same participants, but many new ones as well. … More Perchtenlauf, Eugene Oregon, December 2014

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Krampuslauf, Portland Oregon, December 2011

September 4, 2015

This Krampuslauf was the first major mumming event I participated in … More Krampuslauf, Portland Oregon, December 2011

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“The masked figures are universally said to drive away evil and bring good fortune, but one way they do that is to embody evil. They are the personification of multiple dangers and are placated by villagers with material offerings to secure their departure. Not to treat them and get them on their way is to invite their return all year long.”

(Gerald W. Creed, Masquerade and Postsocialism: Ritual and Cultural Dispossession in Bulgaria)


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