【欧洲·比利时】赫拉尔德斯贝尔亨冬末火与面包节，克拉克林根面包圈与火桶节 Krakelingen and Tonnekensbrand, end-of-winter bread and fire feast at Geraardsbergen（2010年）

　赫拉尔德斯贝尔亨 （Geraardsbergen）市在每年三月的第一个星期一举办年市，以庆祝冬季在8天前的星期天结束，克拉克林根面包圈(Krakelingen)与火桶(Tonnekensbrand）节也在这时举行。节日仪式为参与者带来延续感以及历史感，并让人们再次重温那些代代相传的历史故事与传说。节前几天，商店开始装潢自己的橱窗，面包师开始烘烤特殊的克拉克林根面包圈，学校老师开始讲述解释节日与仪式的起源。到了节日当天，教堂主持及市市议员率领千人的游行队伍，携带着面包、酒、鱼和火，离开胡奈根姆(Hunnegem)教堂，前往乌登堡(Oudenberg)山，并攀至山顶的圣母礼拜堂。在礼拜堂中，教堂主持会为克拉克林根祝福和并引诵祈祷文。宗教和世俗当局的代表接着会用一个十六世纪银杯喝葡萄酒，酒备中还有一条小活鱼――这后一条风俗最近引起了争议。然后，他们把一万个克拉克林根面包圈投向人群，其中一个面包中夹着获奖券，奖品是一个特地为这一活动制造的黄金珠宝。晚上，人们重新聚集在山上，并点燃一个火桶(Tonnekensbrand)，以庆祝春天的到来。围观的人群会把燃烧的火把携带下山，为城市带来光明。节日仪式为参与者带来延续感以及历史感，并让人们再次重温那些代代相传的历史故事与传说。

The city of Geraardsbergen holds its annual city in the first Monday of March each year to celebrate the end of winter in Sunday, 8 days ago, when Krakelingen and the Festival of Fire Barrels are held. The festive ceremony brings a sense of continuity and history to the participants, and allows people to relive historical stories and legends that have been passed down from generation to generation. A few days before the festival, the store began decorating its own window, the Baker began to bake special Klacklingen donuts, and the school teacher began to talk about explaining the origins of festivals and rituals. On the day of the festival, the church presided over and the city councillor led a procession of thousands of people, carrying bread, wine, fish and fire, leaving the Church of Hunnegem to Oudenberg and climbing to the Notre Dame Chapel on the top of the mountain. In the chapel, the church hosts bless Klacklingen and recite prayers. Representatives of religious and secular authorities will then drink wine in a 16th century silver cup with a small live fish in the wine-a custom that has recently been controversial. They then threw 10,000 Klacklingen donuts into the crowd, one of which was caught with an award-winning voucher, a gold jewel specially made for the event. In the evening, people gather back on the mountain and light a bucket of Fire to celebrate the arrival of spring. Crowds of onlookers will carry burning torches down the mountain, bringing light to the city. The festive ceremony brings a sense of continuity and history to the participants, and allows people to relive historical stories and legends that have been passed down from generation to generation.