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FISCHBACHAU, GERMANY – MAY 29: Pilgrims in traditional Bavarian folk costumes attend an outdoor mass to celebrate Ascension (in German called Christi Himmelfahrt) at the open-air altar at Birkenstein on May 29, 2014 near Fischbachau, Germany. Approximately 2,000 pilgrims from 40 different folk group associations participated in the annual event to mark Jesus Christ’s ascension to Heaven. Bavaria is predominantly Catholic. (Photo by Joerg Koch/Getty Images)

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