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The Oberammergau Passion Play Available Passion Play Tours Celebrated Cities of Europe & the Passion Play September 17 - 28, 2010 Contact CETA Tours via e-mail  or at 1-800-501-0397 for tour brochure and application or for more information. At the height of the plague and the Thirty Years' War, the people of Oberammergau made a solemn promise to God that they would perform the Passion of Jesus Christ if their village as spared the grim fate of so many other villages in Europe at the time: extinction. Since 1634, the people of Oberammergau have kept that promise alive, performing the play 40 times over the years and creating a unique cultural tradition in the process. The tradition continues in 2010 as the residents of Oberammergau perform the play for the 41st time. A cast of over 2,000 will reenact the last days of Jesus Christ's life; from his triumphant entry into Jerusalem to his death on the Cross and the Ressurection. The timeless sotyr is told over the course of an afternoon and evening in a unique, open-air theater where a roof covers the audience, yet the stage is open to the sky above.    © CETA, Inc. 2009 Back to top