【欧洲·卢森堡】埃希特纳赫的跳步游行 The hopping procession of Echternach（2010年）

每年基督教五旬节星期二，在卢森堡最古老的城镇埃希特纳赫（Echternach）的中世纪市中心会进行一场跳步游行（Iechternacher Sprangprëssioun）。1100年时就已有了关于游行的记录，其出现建立在对圣威利布罗德（Saint Willibrord）的崇拜基础之上。圣威利布罗德是一名修道士以及埃希特纳赫修道院的创始人，他因他的传教活动、他的善良以及治疗某些疾病的天赋受人敬仰。尽管由于游行中的异教元素遭到教会反对，但长期的禁令并没有能够制止游行在该地区其他地方的蔓延以及受到社会各阶层的喜爱。在卢森堡及其他国家的教会最高层在场的情况下，游行队伍清晨从古修道院的庭院出发。歌手吟诵连祷文，随后8000名跳步者开始进发，他们根据一个代代相传的仪式分成45组。最后以大教堂的礼拜结束。今天的游行是一项深深扎根于传统的宗教活动，并通过祈祷、歌曲和舞蹈这些表现崇拜的历史形式得到表达。如今，尽管这项游行活动有世俗化的倾向，但还是日益风行起来，并获得了民间及宗教当局的支持。每年来自卢森堡及邻近地区的参与者平均达到13000名。

Every year in Tuesday of Pentecost, there is a jump parade (Iechternacher Sprangprëssioun) in the medieval city centre of Echternach, Luxembourg’s oldest town. A record of the march had been recorded in 1100, and its emergence was based on a cult of St. Willibrod Saint Willibrord. St. Willibrod, a monk and founder of Echternach Monastery, is admired for his missionary activities, his kindness and his talent for the treatment of certain diseases. Although the pagan elements of the march were opposed by the church, the long-standing ban did not stop the spread of the march elsewhere in the region and was loved by all sectors of society. In the presence of the highest levels of the church in Luxembourg and other countries, the procession departs early in the morning from the courtyard of the ancient monastery. The singer recited a prayer, and then 8,000 jumpers began to march, divided into 45 groups based on a ritual passed down from generation to generation. Finally ended with the Church of the cathedral. Today's march is a religious event deeply rooted in tradition and is expressed through the historical forms of worship of prayer, song and dance. Today, despite the secularization of the march, it has become increasingly popular and has received support from civil and religious authorities. The average number of participants from Luxembourg and neighbouring regions reached 13,000 per year.