Show passion play pla y life of small bavarian Bavari aill village the passion play a drama dramatization tiza tion I 1 of the i sufferings in inthe the ife of christ takes place to ID the little vil village inge of in the bava rian I 1 alps and this play has bag been go 1 ing fiig on oil every ten years fears since the the pingue of 1033 dur during ing that yar year the citizens of vowed avowed that they would enact the piece everylen every ten en yearn hs a a thanksgiving offering or having been delivered of the plague the or loinal text and arrangements were probably atily made byrbe by the monks morik i of ettal the robe music was wa composed by rochus daedler raool choo master of the tha parish in the production to Is given lathe in i the open air and stands are are constructed ted ao 10 to Amm accommodate iipp spectators seyen seven hundred actors are em aloyed ed athe bithe play all native villagers the proceed edigo ago forthe public bood aft after erthe the expenses have llen been defrayed and a small remuneration made to elch each actor the play Is a stupendous manifestation of religious worship and the moral character of each actor la is considered as well as his histrionic ability the principal parts parte are hereditary the whole village lives tot tor this production the te inhabitants Inhibit ants spend their time it at fashioning crucifixes cruci fixes rosaries a and n d tin im ageson the saints to sell to the tourists who flow through thelt their quiet little by year |