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What's happening in Oberammergau
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End of 2007: There
will be more information about prices for
tickets and processing
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End of 2007:
Estimated setting up the "Passion Play office"
in Oberammergau
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Beginning of 2008:
Start sales of packages
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Ash Wednesday 2009:
The "Hair Decree" - from this date on all the
men in Oberammergau taking part in the play are
requested to let the hair on their heads and
faces grow
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April 2009: Leading
actors are chosen for the play
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May - September 2010:
The 41st Passion Play takes place
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About the Oberammergau Passion Play
A play of life and death, promised in a
moment of mortal threat, and so began the
history of the Oberammergau Passion Play in
1633. In the midst of the horror of the 30
years' war the dreaded plague swept across
Europe. High in the Bavarian Alps, the
citizens of Oberammergau attempted to seal
themselves off the outside world. When a
homesick young man sneaked into the village
and brought the pestilence with him, 84
residents died within 3 weeks. In
desperation, the town council made a solemn
vow that is God would stop the plague, out
of gratitude, they would present a play
depicting the life ....
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