ʻO Kelemānia he'āina Karistiano, me ka hema a me ke Komohana nui ka Roman Katolika a me ka North a me East ka poʻe Protestant. ʻO ia ke kumu o ka hapa nui o nā lā hopena ma ke kalena Gregorian (nā Kalikiano Orthodox e hahai ana i ka kalenaʻo Julian) a komo pū me Advent, Christmas, Lent, Easter, Pentecost, a me Whit Sunday. ʻO kēia mau lā hoʻomaha he mau meaʻai kūikawā a me nāʻoihana e pili ana me lākou.
Ka Advent
ʻO nā hebedomaʻehā o ka hikiʻana mai he manawa kūikawā loa ia ma Germany.
He pōkole nā lā, a ke kono nei nā kānaka i kekahi i kekahi no kahi holoʻokoʻa (cafe a me ka palaoa). Hoʻokumuʻia kahi'āpana Hoʻomana Hoʻopiʻiʻia ma ka papaʻaina a lawelawe nā pūʻali i nāʻano kuki. Hoʻonohoʻia kēia mau kuki ma mua o ka manawa a mālamaʻia no nā manuhiri i manaʻoʻoleʻia, e ho'ēmi ana i ka hana a ka mea hana i kahi wāʻoihana. ʻO nā pōpō kūikawā, e like me stollen , i hōʻike waleʻia i kēia manawa o ka makahiki ma luna o ka Plätzchenteller (ka pahu cookie hoʻolaha).
Ka Poʻo Kalikimaka
ʻO kaʻeleʻele no ka'Aʻaleʻale ke hāʻawiʻia nā makana aʻai nā kānaka i nā iʻa, pinepine kaʻa. No ka lā Mele Kalikimaka (aiaʻelua mau o lākou, 25 a me 26 o nā lā palena aupuni) no ka mākaʻikaʻiʻana i kaʻohana a me kaʻahaʻaina. Eia nā māhele'ōlelo Kelemānia no ka Advent a me ka Mele Kalikimaka.
Lent
ʻO Fasching, Fastnacht, aʻo Mardi Gras paha, kahi pāʻina ma mua o ka hoʻomakaʻana o Lent, ma ka hapanui o kaʻoihana kaulana. ʻO nā'ōpili a me nā lāhui holo moku i loko o ka wai maloʻo a me nā pōpō pākiki me nā meaʻai kahiko e like me nā mīkiniʻano maʻalahi ,ʻo Kütteln (mīpī pīpī) a me nā mea momona .
Pakoa
ʻO ka Easter ka manawa e hūnā ai nā hua a loaʻa i loko o ka hau hauʻoli pinepineʻole. Hiki ke kauwela, akā paʻakikī ke haʻi i kekahi manawa. ʻO nā lau nahele, nā pua, a me nā keiki hipa nā meaʻai o ka lā, e hoʻomaopopo mai iā mākou e hiki mai ke kauwela. Eia ka hoʻomaopopo no ka berena Easter mai Germany a Austria .
Hoʻonui nui nā lā he nui.
Aia nā Shūtzenfeste (nā hakakā me ka hui pū me nāʻahaʻaina hui) ma ke kūkulu'ākau, Kermis (carnivals) ma ka Rhine, Hōʻailona Wine ma nāʻaoʻao hema. ʻO ka lā Makua i ka lā o ka piʻiʻanaʻo kahi holo kai'āina no nā kāne. Loaʻa i kēia mau lā a pau kā lākou mau meaʻai kūikawā, a me ka meaʻona maikaʻi.