The annual event, held every year since 1935, marks the Catholic feast of Corpus Christi, observed ten days after Pentecost. Participants dressed in traditional Bavarian clothing joined altar servers and church officials for the journey across Staffelsee to the island of Wörth. A small fleet of boats carries the procession, accompanied by bells, incense and hymns, as the Blessed Sacrament is brought to the island church for Mass.