Saturday, October 30, 2010

Es wurde gepoltert

Tonight our quilt group was invited to a Polterabend, celebrating the upcoming marriage of Marion and Luidger. Deb and I were able to go, along with several others from the group, and it was amazing!

For a good 2 and a half hours, Marion and Luidger had the privilege of cleaning up after their guests. The purpose was to bring them luck in their marriage by teaching them to work in harmony with each other. Thanks to the many guests, they worked hard!

We all brought dishes for the happy couple. Not dishes like in food to share with others, but empty dishes we didn't need any more. Out in the middle of the party area, we broke the dishes. Smashed them to smithereens. Small dishes, big dishes, hundreds of dishes. Even the occasional toilet and sink.

Here a couple of photos. They had to keep their hands on the brooms and lock up the shovel, otherwise someone would have hidden them, making the work even harder.

Our quilt group prepared a basket with quilt blocks, one sewn by each of us. We wrapped each block individually, and it made a gorgeous gift. I don't know who thought to do it this way, but it was a brilliant idea.



1 comment:

Diana Dörzbacher said...

Hi Karen, da hast du ja schneller gepostet, als wir anderen überhaupt wieder daheim waren. Wir haben auch noch Luis Geburtstag mitgefeiert. Ein schönes Fest war es.
LG Diana