This is what we saw when we first arrived. The people in red and black are the local band, the Bad Bulls. They drive around the village in a wagon pulled by a tractor playing music early in the morning on Thursday.
Please excuse the port-a-potty, but Tim wanted a photo of the sign and this was farthest I could zoom. The sign has a dialect for 'Greasy Thursday', which is "Schmotzige Dunschtig". 'Fasnachts Dienstag" is the night that they will burn down the tree and possibly a straw witch, so you definitely do not want to have your car parked there then!
This was to show the technique they use. Near the top of the tree they have rope tied around the tree to help get it hoisted into the air. They gradually work their way toward the bottom of the tree until it's standing in place.
Slowly making progress
They are getting closer! It looked like hard work, especially at the end.
They did it!
On final shot as we left. I noticed that several of the band members had a beer holder on their instruments! Genius.
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