For the uninitiated, this is a full stage production that runs from 2.30pm until 10.30pm (with an intermission, of course!) and charts the story of Christ's life, suffering and resurrection, performed entirely by locals of the charming village. The Passion Play first took place in the year of 1633 and its origin story is a captivating one. The Plague had descended upon the residents of Oberammergau and they made a solemn vow to God that if, by any chance, they were spared this disease's grisly fate, they would act out the life and death of Christ in its entirety every ten years. Miraculously, no other lives were taken and so the Passion Play began.
We enjoyed the festivities at Oktoberfest in Munich, and also visited the famous castle Neuschwanstein.
