Schäfflertanz
Sign in to savethumb|right|200px|Schäfflertanz in Neuhausen-Nymphenburg|Neuhausen, 2012 The '''Coopers' Dance''' () is a guild dance of coopers originally started in Munich. Since early 1800s the custom spread via journeymen and it is now a common tradition over the Old Bavaria region. The dance was supposed to be held every seven years.
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It sits within the topics Culture in Munich, Dance festivals in Germany and German traditions.
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- Named after
- cooper
- Country
- Germany
- Official website
- schaefflertanzmuenchen.de
- Image
- Schäfflertanz 2012-05.JPG
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thumb|right|200px|Schäfflertanz in Neuhausen-Nymphenburg|Neuhausen, 2012 The '''Coopers' Dance' () is a guild dance of coopers originally started in Munich. Since early 1800s the custom spread via journeymen and it is now a common tradition over the Old Bavaria region. The dance was supposed to be held every seven years.
==History== Early documented cases of are dated by 1702 when the Münich magistrate approved the performance of the dance as a well-established tradition. However, for a long time the date 1517 was prevalent in the literature, following the 1830 book by , who originated the discredited legend that the tradition started after the 1517 plague, to revive the spirits of the people, "to lure them out of their houses", although other authors tried to suggest other dates. But there are no records in chronicles about any plague in Münich at this period of time. Still, the 500th anniversary was celebrated in 2017.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Schäfflertanz” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.