La Fête de L’ Âne - Traditions du Moyen Age

Ensemble: Cleméncic Consort Album: La Fête de L’ Âne Video: Add MS 42130 • The feast of the fools, also called the feast of the ass, was destined to honor the donkey that carried Jesus during his entry into Jerusalem. In these holidays, celebrated after Christmas, the altar boys and priests reversed their roles while conducting the rites. The practice was particularly widespread in Notre Dame in Paris and in many European churches; in Italy similar cases are witnessed