The 41st Oberammagau season is over for another 10 years and, after a two year beard and hair cut embargo, the villagers will probably be keen to get new coiffures. After being crucified (and boy was it convincing!) 5 times a week for 20 weeks, in front of 500,000 visitors (tickets at €125 a pop - that should build a village hall or two), Jesus also really needs a holiday, as do the 2000 other villagers who were involved in the production. Although maybe not the hairdressers; following their recent slow period they are looking forward to a boom and have a special offer on - the longer the hair the greater the discount. We said goodbye to our last guests and went to find out what the big deal was. And it really was a big deal.
