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Palm Slat Competition in Imst

The longer, the better! This is the motto of Imst’s annual Palm Sunday competition!

The Visual Imagery of Götzen’s Lent Nativity

The masterpiece in Götzen’s parish church was created around 1800 and as is high in quality and exceptionally rich in details and imagery.

Gauderfest - Tirol's greatest spring festival

The people of the Zillertal valley know how to celebrate! This can best be seen at the annual Gauderfest festival taking place on the first weekend in May. People from near...

Ascension Day - The End of the Easter Cycle

The fortieth day after Easter Sunday commemorates the Ascension of Christ into heaven. Certain customs were connected with the liturgy of this feast, such as triumphal...

Spring Awakening - "Grasausläuten"

“Say goodbye to winter” – this is how the old tradition of “Grasauslaeuten” is best described. Men and boys carrying cow bells walk across fields and make a lot of noise t...

Maypole Celebrations – From the Setting Up to the Climbing and Dancing

You don’t have to be in the "May of Life" (quote from Friedrich Schiller) – the prime of youth that is – to celebrate the start of the merry month of May. The climbing of the...

May Devotions

Two months of the year are dedicated to the Holy Mother: May and October (the Feast of the Holy Rosary). The great number of paintings, statues and places of pilgrimage are a...

Corpus Christi - "Feast of the Body and Blood of Jesus Christ"

Some of the religious holidays in spring and summer are closely connected with colorful processions which are to be found in almost every form of religious worship. One of...

"Aperschnalzen" - An Earsplitting Welcome To Spring

Although the old Tirolean tradition of “Aperschnalzen” has nothing to do with the “official” start of spring on March 23 it still signals the coming of spring. With the...