Old custom
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Carrying the statue of the Virgin Mary has experienced a real renaissance in recent years, especially in southern Carinthia. The "Krone" was there in the Carinthian Rosental.
A figure of the Virgin Mary made of wood, porcelain or plaster is carried from house to house during Advent, usually in the last nine days before Christmas Eve. It symbolizes the search for shelter by Mary and Joseph.
All the neighbors come in the evening when the statue is taken into a house, pray the rosary, sing Marian and Advent songs, sometimes in both national languages.
The statue then remains in a special place in each house for one day.
While the carrying of the Virgin Mary is practiced in almost all villages on the last nine days of Advent, in the bilingual municipality of Ludmannsdorf/Bilcovs the statue is on a quest for shelter throughout Advent. "The household that receives Mary last keeps her until Candlemas on February 2," explains priest Janko Kristof.
By praying and singing together, everyone can find "shelter in God", so to speak, experience his closeness and trace all those who are also searching for security, home, understanding and love today, says the priest. "In this simple and vivid way, faith and community are revived in the homes and villages," says Kristof happily.
According to tradition, the custom of wearing a crown to pay homage to the Virgin Mary already existed in the Alpine countries in the 16th century.
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