Press Photo German villager standing watch while folks are in church
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Germany, customs. It's traditional in Offenbau, a German village near Nuremburg, for a villager to stand guard over homes while folks are in church. The custom goes back about 350 years, at which time there was a rash of thefts when people were in church. Men of the village take turns at the ceremonial vigil.
