Passion Play postponed for only the fourth time in 400 years
12 April 2020 - 00:00
The Bavarian town of Oberammergau has postponed its world-famous celebration of Christ - only the fourth time in its almost 400-year history that the Passion Play will not go ahead as planned. It's poetic, perhaps, that the reason is Covid-19, since it was a different health crisis that marked the tradition's beginnings...
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