Feast of the Ass, January 14 (Redux)
I posted this a year ago, but it seems particularly relevant to me currently...
If I hadn't read it, I wouldn't have believed it....
If I hadn't read it, I wouldn't have believed it....
The
Feast of the Ass (Latin: Festum Asinorum or asinaria festa, French:
Fête de l’âne) was a medieval, Christian feast observed on January 14,
celebrating the Flight into Egypt.
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It was celebrated primarily in France, as a by-product of the Feast of Fools
celebrating the donkey-related stories in the Bible, in particular the
donkey bearing the Holy Family into Egypt after Jesus‘s birth.
Practices:
A girl with child on a donkey would be led through town to the church,
where the donkey would stand beside the altar during the sermon, and the
congregation would “hee-haw” their responses to the priest.
Father Z gets in on the fun:
Labels: Father Z, Feast Days
posted by jope @ January 14, 2016
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