He gave me good vibes with his brilliant new ideas. But there was a real spirit of determination in the air, and that was definitely expressed in our hopping.
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It has also been a gesture of defiance to all those, often foreigners, who have tried to put a stop to the tradition, and in some cases threatened Luxembourg's survival as a country.Now it's Europe's largest traditional dancing procession, held on Whit Tuesday, when some 10,000 hoppers converge on the city of Echternach, along with up to 40,000 spectators.The hero of the occasion is St Willibrord, the so-called Apostle of Benelux, an Anglo-Saxon missionary from Ripon in North Yorkshire, who is credited with driving paganism out of Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany in the 8th Century.Pilgrims have been flocking to his tomb in Echternach abbey since the Middle Ages. The Luxembourgers paid no notice, and continued happily hopping until, centuries later, the Church came round to their point of view.
"We are a tiny country and there aren't a lot of things left that bind us as a people. Accompanied by harmonicas and flutes, they skipped through the rubble of the basilica, which had been blown up by the Germans shortly before Luxembourg's liberation.A Franciscan monk at this year's procession recalled joining the first post-war procession as a schoolboy. "For the mayor of Luxembourg City, Xavier Bettel, the event represents an essential cornerstone of local tradition.With foreigners making up two-thirds of those living in the "melting-pot capital", he sees it as one of the only remaining features of Luxembourgish culture. "While we Luxembourgers do a simple hop, German pilgrims swing their legs more energetically and throw them a little higher," he explains. Fancy dress and national dress are not allowed. One attempt was made by Holy Roman Emperor Joseph II, and another, a couple of centuries later, by the Nazis.But in 1941, a group secretly hopped inside the abbey, despite the German prohibition.
For more than 4 years, he has successfully held dance classes for beginners and advanced levels in our youth center in Berchem.
"Eventually the Church understood that the hopping was to be taken seriously as a form of physical prayer and meditation.
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