The Yukon Baptism

 

Here we have Johannes Winkel, with his grandparents Victor and Vonda Vinkvogel, at Johannes' Yukon Baptism.

That's the term for the naming ceremony performed by the Bavarian enclave in the Canadian Yukon.  The child is through into the Yukon River, 3 miles upstream of the church, and the babe is fished out at the church by the minister to be baptised.

To be captured by bears during teh three-mile float is consider to be very lucky (for the bear.)

Bonus - Monkey Pox. Blame Ben Ryan.