Luxembourg: Echternach Sprangpressessioun 2015
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on 03/09/16
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By Mike McQuaide, An American in Luxembourg www.facebook.com/anamericaninluxembourg Here's a video of the 2015 Iechternach Sprangpressessioun, an annual tradition that's been going on since at least the Middle Ages. Echternach is Luxembourg's old town and was founded in 698 by St. Willibrord who was, of all things, an English monk. For more on the dancing tradition, go here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dancing_procession_of_Echternach
