Pig Fest Wittlich, Germany

This is our second year attending Pig Fest. We went one day with the kiddos and another time with some friends. This is the story behind the festival:

"The little story why the people of Wittlich are called Saeubrenner (people who burn the pigs)
In the medieval age, they closed the city gates each evening, because they were afraid of the ennemy. One evening, the guard didn't find the bolt to close the door. So he took a carot instead of the bolt - and the door was closed.
In the middle of the night, a pig came, saw the carot and ate it. What happened: Yes, of course, the door opened and the ennemy entered the town. The people were very very angry and decided to punish the pigs.
So they made a big fire and hunted all the pigs on the market place and burnt them!"