| Traditional Fire Wheel Ceremony | ||
|---|---|---|
| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 1599 |
| Catalog #: | 512745 | |
| Clip Number: | 512745-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 027-564 | |
| Timecode: | 00:12:51 - 00:13:43 | |
| Location: | Germany | |
| Year Shot: | 1954 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | CEREMONIES: Historic / Traditional FARMING: Harvest FESTIVALS: Village LOCATIONS/EUROPE: Germany | |
| Description: | A millennia old rite of spring is celebrated as farmers launch a 6 foot wooden wheels are stuffed with straw. The fire wheel that has its origin in ancient rights is set a blaze across farmland and across fields. The legend says it will bring good fortune to the ground it burns CUS - Farmers and their families rolling this huge wheel and stuffing it with straw. MLS - Evening shot this fire wheel is started on fire and pushed down the hill. Looking like a ball of fire it burns the ground it rolls over. MLS - As this wheel is going down the hill on fire you can see the silhouettes of the farm people standing and watching this event. | |
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