The play is conducted only by village people, which means all performers and staffs are the village people. It is played once every ten years since 1633 and it is being played this year.
I was very impressed that it is created by all of the village people and has a long history. A 13-year boy is participated in the play as a member of an orchestra with his family, and he performed one of person in the crowed 10 years ago when he was 3. A long time ago, a woman acted the roles of Mary Magdalene, and her granddaughter (or great-granddaughter?) acted the same role this time.
What a great event!!!
I didn't know about that but it seems to be very famous. The population of the village is only 5,000, but 500,000 people come to watch the play from around the world. It's hard to get a ticket.
Here is the information;
http://www.ammergauer-alpen.de/en/oberammergau/index.html
http://www.oberammergau-passion.com/en-us/home/home.html
I want to go to watch it next time, 2020. But actually what I'm interested in is not the play itself, but the process of creating the play by the village people.
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