Long hair and beards for one and a half years of duty – Oberammergau is to the Hipster village

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The two Jesus-cast of the Oberammergau passion play 2020, Rocco Rückel (l) and Frederik Mayet at the hairdresser’s. Photo: Angelika Warmuth

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Gently, the knife glides over the cheek. For the last Time for a year and a half. Jesus – or his double-Double is taken to the last shave: Frederik Mayet and Rocco Rückel play with the Passion in Oberammergau next year, alternately, the Christ.

Starting on ash Wednesday, the hair and Beard. The Jesus actor as well as approximately 2400 other Oberammergau – almost half of the inhabitants are not allowed to cut our hair and Beard. They all play with Passion. With increasing time visitors are likely to beards given the multitude of proliferative and long hair, in the future, probably increasingly get the feeling to be in a community of Hipsters landed.

With the hairs of one of the waxes is also slowly into the role, says Mayet. “It is something Special. It is a sign that it was going to start with the passion play. The whole village is now all go again to the hairdresser.”

2020 games will be 102 performances of the passion festival Oberammergau take place

The Amateur game goes back to a vow. In 1633, the Oberammergau, list all of ten years the story of the Suffering, death and resurrection of Christ, if no one is dying of the plague promised arrived

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