严肃的胡说八道：土拨鼠小屋、凡尔萨姆林格和宾夕法尼亚州德国遗产

Versammlinge是一种社区活动，其中充满了歌颂宾夕法尼亚州德国传统和文化的歌曲、表演、演讲和短剧，完全用宾夕法尼亚州德语Deitsch语言举行。有些被称为“土拨鼠小屋”，以纪念土拨鼠为特色，而另一些则没有。这些独特的会议，在快速变化的社会背景下表达了独特的民族身份，已经成为宾夕法尼亚州德国人的传统支柱，他们一直致力于保护自己的语言和文化，直到21世纪。
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Serious Nonsense: Groundhog Lodges, Versammlinge, and Pennsylvania German Heritage
Versammlinge―community events filled with songs, performances, speeches, and skits that celebrate Pennsylvania German heritage and culture―are held entirely in the Pennsylvania German Deitsch language. Some, the “groundhog lodges,” feature a ceremony honoring the groundhog, while others do not. These unique meetings, expressions of a distinctive ethnic identity in the context of a rapidly changing society, have become a traditional mainstay among Pennsylvania Germans who have worked to preserve their language and culture into the twenty-first century.
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