OK, so I’m a little behind on this, but in April, my friend Stacy and I went to see the burning of the Böögg in Zürich. The Böögg is a giant snowman that is set alight atop a huge pyre and the length of time that it takes to burn predicts the length of the [...]
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Burning of the Böögg
Posted in Switzerland 2008-2009, tagged boogg, Sechselauten, switzerland, Zurich on May 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Fastnacht
Posted in Switzerland 2008-2009, tagged boogg, fasnacht, fastnacht, switzerland on March 1, 2009 | 1 Comment »
This weekend (uncluding a national holiday on Monday) our town is celebrating Fastnacht. It is sort of a combination of Carnivale (Mardi Gras, Fat Tuesday, whatever you want to call it, Halloween, and Groundhog Day. Everyone dresses up in very wild wierd costumes and there are parades and food and at the end of the [...]
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