!!!Habergeiß

Habergeiss: 1) masked figure, impersonated by one or more young men 
hidden under a cloak and wearing a goat-like wooden mask; 2) 
three-legged wooden animal figure with goat mask, carried along at 
processions; 3) figure made of straw from the last sheaf, left 
standing on the harvested field.

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The habergeiss is involved in humorous activities and forms part of 
masked parades in the winter, ( Saint Nicholas Day Customs,  
Fasching), at the  Blochziehen, at the cutting of the maypole in the 
borderland between Lower Austria and Styria ( May Customs) and on the 
occasion of social events (e.g. at weddings or the end of the 
threshing period).

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Documentary by the OeWF: H. Fruehwald, Korntragen und Erntebrauch, 
1980.


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