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FISCHBACHAU, GERMANY - MAY 14: Marksmen in traditional Bavarian folk dress with salute guns fire their salute during the annual Ascension Mass (in German called Christi Himmelfahrt) at the open-air altar at Birkenstein on May 14, 2015 near Fischbachau, Germany. Several thousand pilgrims from 40 different folk group associations participated in the annual event to mark Jesus Christ's ascension to Heaven in a tradition going back centuries. Bavaria is predominantly Catholic. (Photo by Philipp Guelland/Getty Images)

FISCHBACHAU, GERMANY - MAY 14:  Marksmen in traditional Bavarian folk dress with salute guns fire their salute during the annual Ascension Mass (in German called Christi Himmelfahrt) at the open-air altar at Birkenstein on May 14, 2015 near Fischbachau, Germany. Several thousand pilgrims from 40 different folk group associations participated in the annual event to mark Jesus Christ's ascension to Heaven in a tradition going back centuries. Bavaria is predominantly Catholic. (Photo by Philipp Guelland/Getty Images)