Three boys wearing Bavarian folk costumes specific to the Chiemsee region of southern Bavaria carry a cross during the annual Ascension Day procession on May 9, 2013 near Unterwoessen, Germany. Ascension is an ecumenical feast that commemmorates the ascension of Jesus Christ to Heaven. Bavaria, in contrast to the rest of Germany, is heavily Catholic, and the religious calendar plays a strong role in its deeply-ingrained folk traditions.