When we were at Edelweiss in Germish, Germany a few weeks ago, we visited the site of the original Passion Play Theater. The Passion Play is put on every ten years in Germany and people travel from all over the world to see it.
This was especially interesting to me because I was an *almost* theater major in college. And, yes, I know that almost really doesn’t count except in horse shoes as my Daddy used to say, but, still it is an interest of mine.
Our tour guide for the day is actually an actor in the play. And he already had a full beard grown in preparation for the 41st production of the play, which will begin in March of 2010.
With over 2,000 in the cast, the Passion Play involves almost the entire town of Oberammergau.
We were able to hear the history of the play, walk on the open stage, and take a peek into the dressing rooms.
EA, MC, and Will were with us during the tour of this facinating and historical place. They were very well behaved and attentive during the entire tour. I didn’t know if they were actually interested in what they saw until earlier this week when they brought up their experience.
We read about the Israelites making an image in the form of a golden calf during the Bible Story time in homeschool this week. As they were all seated for lunch, Will began pointing to the ceiling and saying somthing that sounded a lot like “scared….sky”. I could not figure out what he meant, so the girls chimed in to help.
Their explanation was that he was scared of the god in the sky.
“God isn’t scarry,” I said. And they quickly replied with, “No, the other god in the sky.”
“There is no other God,” I said.
Then the girls corrected me again with “He’s scared of the god that the bad people made in the sky.”
“The golden calf??”
“Yes!”
“Oh, well…there is no golden calf. Remember from the story, Moses destroyed it.”
And MC replied, “But we saw it Mommy at the place at Grandma’s hotel!” (that’s how they refer to Edelweiss now)
And then I had to explain that it was just a part of the play, but wasn’t the same golden calf that the Israelites made. I think they finally got it.
The thing that struck me most about this conversation was how much they must take in that we don’t even realize. It is moments like these that makes spending time with my children, homeschooling, teaching, and talking to them so worth all the effort!
Visiting these historical places with them and then learning of the memories that were made is such a finer thing!
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Oh, yeah, I just realized you may be wondering what the golden calf is doing in the passion play that cronicles the life and crucifixion of Christ. Well, there are three “tableaux vivants” scenes that depict scenes from the Old Testament. These scenes serve to tie together the Old and New Testaments of the Bible.
Tanya says
Wow. That’s all I can say. I would LOVE to go there some day!! Awesome pictures.
And you’re right — they gather so much more than we realize.
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Amy @ Finer Things says
Yes, our children are definitely listening, aren’t they?! Loved the post but was totally distracted (in a GOOD way) by the “welcome home” photo in your sidebar. Brought me to tears. 🙂
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