!!!Prangstangen

Prangstangen, up to 8-m-high, barked tree trunks decorated with 
flowers or wool (Pongau Region), which are carried by young, single 
men during processions on religious holidays in some places of the 
province of Salzburg: Corpus Christi (Bischofshofen, Huettau, 
Pfarrwerfen, Werfenweng, Muehlbach am Hochkoenig), Feast Day of 
St. John (Zederhaus), Feast Day of St. Peter and 
St. Paul (Muhr), Sunday of the Sacred Heart (1%%sup st/% 
 Sunday in July, Werfenweng). The tradition of Prangstangen can 
also be found in Rohr im Gebirge, Lower Austria (Corpus Christi), 
where it was probably taken by woodcutters from Salzburg during the 
17%%sup th/%  century.

!Literature
G. Kapfhammer, Brauchtum in den Alpenlaendern, 1977; 
H. P. Fielhauer, Die Fronleichnamsstangen in Rohr im Gebirge, in: 
Jahrbuch fuer Landeskunde von Niederoesterreich 36, 1964.


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