!!!Samson-Umzug

Samson Procession (Samson-Umzug), procession of a huge figure, 
sometimes accompanied by 2 dwarves in the Lungau region (Tamsweg, 
Mauterndorf, Sankt Michael, Muhr, Ramingstein, Lessach, Mariapfarr) at 
Corpus Christi and on other festive occasions, also as a tourist 
attraction; in Styria, such processions are held in Murau on the feast 
of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin, in Krakaudorf on the first 
Sunday in August.

!Literature
K. Beitl, Die Umgangsriesen, 1961.


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