Kaminer Inside: Customs in Germany – Sat. 07.12. – 3sat: 8.15 p.m
Wladimir Kaminer will present three new episodes of “Kaminer Inside” on the evening of December 7th on 3sat. Probably the most entertaining German TV cultural anthropologist looks at traditional regional customs in Germany, Switzerland (9 p.m.) and Austria (9:45 p.m.).
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In his second report of the evening, “Kaminer Inside: Customs in Switzerland”, Waldimir Kaminer will familiarize himself with Swiss traditions from 9 p.m. This includes the sport of Hornussen: an open field competition whose basic features are reminiscent of American baseball.
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At 9:45 p.m., Wladimir Kaminer’s third report of the evening, “Kaminer Inside: Customs in Austria”, will, among other things, focus on the institution of the Imperial Days, which resurrects the time of Emperor Franz Joseph (1830-1916).
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Bartbinder would be “cheerfully guessing” if there was a format like “What am I?” still today – a job that is probably difficult to guess. Eduard Zaiser, one of the last remaining beard trimmers in Europe, shows Wladimir Kaminer (left) his selection of chamois beards.
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Markus Seebacher (left), Stefan Siedler and Wladimir Kaminer “right” indulge in the customs of the Hall salt devils in Austria.
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Celebrate, but stay serious! The Neuss shooting king Christoph Heusgen and his wife Ina look quite serious while talking to Wladimir Kaminer (left).
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Crazy things can also happen in Germany: the Dirt Pig Festival in the southern Harz is wet and muddy.
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Christmas wood carving art from the Erzgebirge: Wladimir Kaminer (left) visits Jens Breitfeld in his woodturnery. He has been producing Erzgebirge folk art here for 30 years. During the GDR era, smokers and Christmas angels were officially called “year-end wing figures”.
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Walpurgis Night in Schierke in the Harz: Oberteufel Michael Gebbert and his wife Sylvia get into the festive mood together with their guest Wladimir Kaminer.
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Traditional costumes still play a much larger role in Austria today than in Germany. Why? “Kaminer Inside: Customs in Austria” shows Wladimir Kaminer in a hunter’s suit.
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December 3rd, 2024 by SWYRL/Eric Leimann
Wladimir Kaminer, the most entertaining German TV cultural anthropologist, explores the long-established customs of the 3sat region in three new reports. “Kaminer Inside: Customs in Germany” will be followed by films on Switzerland (9 p.m.) and Austria (9:45 p.m.) on the same evening.
Wladimir Kaminer has been researching the cultural space of the three-country broadcaster at 3sat since 2018. With “Kaminer Inside”, probably the most entertaining German-language cultural anthropologist either looks at specific cultural sites such as the recent “Holiday on Ice” and the “Filmstadt Babelsberg” – or, as in his three new films, he asks cross-country and comparative questions. This time it’s about regional customs. “Kaminer Inside: Customs in Germany” at 8:15 p.m. will be followed on the same evening by the films “Kaminer Inside: Customs in Switzerland” (9 p.m.) and “Kaminer Inside: Customs in Austria” (9:45 p.m.).
Candle arches, incense smokers and Christmas angels represent the traditional art of wood carving in the Ore Mountains. Wladimir Kaminer celebrates Christmas in Annaberg-Buchholz and is introduced to his art by wood turner Jens Breitfeld, which survived the GDR, among other things. A time when Christian figures such as angels were sometimes called “year-end wing figures” as a precaution. Kaminer travels across Germany to attend customs such as the Dreckschweinfest in the southern Harz, the world’s largest shooting festival in Neuss, the Dirndldrahn on Lake Chiemsee, the lance jousting of the Husum Ring Riders’ Guild or the devilish Walpurgis Night in Schierke (also Harz).
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Hornussen in Switzerland or Kaisertage in Austria
Russian exile Wladimir Kaminer, who has lived in Berlin for a long time, manages to explore the strange, bizarre and silly of his subjects in his films without making fun of the subject itself or its protagonists. With respect and a wink, the 57-year-old moves on from Germany to the Confederates at 9 p.m. “Kaminer Inside: Customs in Switzerland” focuses, among other things, on the tradition of the Hornussen sport: a competition on an open field whose basic features are reminiscent of American baseball. It’s about “hitting and dismissing”. Some people also somewhat disrespectfully call the tradition from the canton of Bern farmer’s golf. Kaminer makes further visits to Swiss customs at the “Sechseläuten” spring festival in Zurich, a chariot race reminiscent of ancient Rome, the Marché Concours in the canton of Jura and the card game “Jassen” in the canton of Fribourg, which attracts hundreds of thousands of people in front of the television.
Wladimir Kaminer’s new cultural tour ends in Austria between 9:45 p.m. and 10:30 p.m. “Kaminer Inside: Customs in Austria” deals with the Jägerball in the Vienna Hofburg and the enormous importance of traditional costumes in Austria. It’s about the Maypole crew in the Mühlviertel in Upper Austria, the Krampus cult of the Haller Salzdeufel from the Gangerlgraben, the election of a pumpkin mayor in Styria and the nostalgic events of the Imperial Days, which resurrect the time of Emperor Franz Joseph (1830-1916). let. Anyone who watches all three Kaminer documentaries linearly or in the media library will not only be well entertained, but will also be able to confidently answer quiz questions about long-established customs of the 3sat countries in the future.
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