Palmesel

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The Palmesel is a specific type of religious folk art originating in Germany. It is a half-size sculpture of Christ riding a donkey, mounted on a wheeled base. This figure is traditionally paraded through the streets on Palm Sunday, the Sunday before Easter, which commemorates Jesus' triumphal entry into Jerusalem. This practice is part of a broader tradition of Catholic folk art that includes devotional objects and figures used in churches and homes.12

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…German sculptural type is the Palmesel, a half-size figure of Christ on the donkey, which is drawn through the streets on its wheeled base on Palm Sunday.
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…German sculptural type is the Palmesel, a half-size figure of Christ on the donkey, which is drawn through the streets on its wheeled base on Palm Sunday.
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