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Rumpliche: A Wendish Christmas Tradition
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Rumpliche's Role
Santa vs Rumpliche
vs Krampus
Form of discipline
-Used to scare the devil out of children
-Whipped children who needed it
-Put the worst offenders in his sack to carry away
Form of Entertainment
-Became a game and the young men would sing German Christmas carols and pantomime for their audience.
Rumpliche: Young man dressed up as a myth, sack and stick, prayer, neighbor,
Santa Claus: Man turned into a worshipped figure, HO HO HO, naughty or nice list, coal vs gift
Krampus: Son of a god, Santa'slave, December 6th, kidnaps, scary
Video:
Disclaimer:Outfit and mask are not original.
Who are the Wends?
Where is Rumpliche now? Why is he important?
Who is Rumpliche?
-Sorbs/Lusatian Serbs from East Germany in an area called Lusatia
-Speak Sorbian and retained a separate identity from the Germans that surrounded them
-Lutheran
-Immigrated to Serbin, Texas in Lee County
-Knecht Ruprecht
-Rumpliche was a frightening, stomping, mask-wearing figure who [went around to each house in a Wend town and] demanded to know who had been naughty or nice.-Joyce Bise
-Young men dressed up as Rumpliche each year and would carry a stick and an empty sack. Traveled in groups of 8-10.
-If a child was naughty they were placed into the sack and were made to recite a prayer correctly before they were let free.
-Runs around during Advent (November 27th-December 24th)
Rumpliche is dust in the wind.
-Ended in the 1940's
-due to:
-Cultural assimilation
The tradition of Rumpliche is important because it allows us to understand a culture that only a few participate in these days.