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    9/12/2009

    欢乐嘉年华

    我所在的这个宁静的小村,在每年9月份的第二个周末都会如期举行规模宏大的嘉年华盛会。平时只有寥寥数千人口,每逢嘉年华都会迎接多达200万的游客,从各地纷至沓来,赴这一年一度之约。

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    这次看了报纸才知道,这个号称德国最大的、看似如此商业化的嘉年华,竟然有着很spiritual的宗教背景和起源。

    一千年前的莱因地区严重缺水。在一次基督教徒祷告的过程中,奇迹发生了。村里的女修道院院长Adelaide双膝跪地,双手扶着修道院的权杖,虔诚的向上帝祈祷赐予这里的村民予水源。就在这时,从权杖插地之处涌出了泉水,这里也从此被叫做水井村。而女修道院院长Adelaide去世之后所葬之处,也时时有村民传颂着各种病痛得到神奇的医治的故事。渐渐的,神奇之泉吸引了越来越多从各地赶来的信徒,女修道院院长也受封成为圣人,人称圣·阿德莱德。一开始各地赶来的教徒在修道院的教堂里朝拜,后来朝圣者聚集到边上的这口泉水井边上,因为教徒们相信泉水可以医治疾病。后来的科学研究发现,泉水中所含的明矾对眼疾有一定的疗效。这个朝圣的信徒聚集之地自然吸引了一些商贩和市场逗留驻扎;再后来,1367年,“水井村集市”诞生了。那时的教徒常常和喝醉的酒鬼们发生冲突,之后为了加强秩序 ,将对圣·阿德莱德的朝觐活动定于每年8月的最后一个周日开始,到9月的第一个周日结束,而8天之后,才是举行“水井村集市”的日子。

    每年的9月6日,朝圣星期天的黄昏之际,人数众多的信徒队列,人人手持蜡烛,行进在圣·阿德莱德广场,聚集在这口多少世纪以来汩汩清泉的神奇之井边。一周后,同一个地点,人们在草地上搭起帐篷,开始庆祝活动,演变成现在的嘉年华。

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    圣·阿德莱德像               泉眼

    置身这个庞大的嘉年华,处处时时感受到周围欢乐的人群、激昂的情绪,孩子们兴奋的尖叫声冲击着你的耳膜,看着人们的笑脸,你也受到感染,不自觉地开始微笑起来。这里能满足每个人的愿望:孩子们开心的参加游乐节目,大人们聚集在一起喝啤酒,品尝各种小吃和美味。

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    andy leewrote:
    呀!你的游记写得总是令人神往!呵呵
    Sept. 14

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