The Revival of the Waltzing Germanic Travellers (2002)

[@richardorsulich4698]

I lived in Sydney in 2000 with 4 of these guys, top blokes and today i gave 2 a lift to help with their journey

[@nordwestbeiwest1899]

30 years ago I was a journeyman carpenter, from Denmark to Italy, from Ireland to Poland, but it's most beautiful at home. I met the nicest people in Ireland, the most hospitable people I met in Italy, but I met the most understandable women and men in Germany. It was an adventure, sometimes bad sometimes more beautiful days full of new experiences that shaped me who I am today am

[@ginafromcologne9281]

That sounds amazing! :)

[@nordwestbeiwest1899]

@@ginafromcologne9281 ja war es .🙂

[@ginafromcologne9281]

@@nordwestbeiwest1899 Wie schön! Ich finde es toll, dass diese wunderbare Tradition erhalten wird. :)

[@nordwestbeiwest1899]

@@ginafromcologne9281 😁

[@toddking646]

Met my first Wandershaft today in Stuttgart. Gave him a lift to the Bahnhof and a couple of beers for his onward journey!

[@ginafromcologne9281]

Thank you! 🥰

[@aurochs8415]

Well, there's a little more to the connection of the song and the old German tradition. The guilds to some extent used (and use) a secretive language. It's the language of traders, waltzing craftsmen but also crooks. It's a mixture of German, Jiddish and an old slang called "Rotwelsch". From that language the term "waltz" derives and here it comes: in that slang, the word for the road, the traveller's bride, is "Matilda"... ;)

[@thomashartmann5625]

19:18 you fool, kiss the girl!

[@monkeydank7842]

The ideal connection between tradition and globalisation.

[@hamleop]

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