Olga Věra Cieslarová Während der Fasnacht, der grössten Fasnacht der Schweiz, verwandelt sich die Stadt Basel jedes Jahr in einen Umzug von maskierten Gruppen. Die Fasnacht ist ein Geysir der Kreativität, ein satirischer Kommentar zum Zeitgeschehen, an dem sich Tausende von Bürgerinnen und Bürgern aus allen Gesellschaftsschichten beteiligen. Alles inContinue Reading
Daniel Hansson is the conductor of the university ensemble called Malmö Akademiska Kör (in English Malmö Academic Choir) based in the city of Malmö in Sweden (read more here about the ensamble and here about Daniel Hansson). He kindly answered my questions about last years celebrations of St. Lucia (theContinue Reading
The newly founded festival of a Bear (in german Bärentag, founded in 1998 in Basel, Switzerland) is in general focused on solidarity and social integration and therefore consists of parade (namely the dancing of the Bear) that goes through the Lesser Basel district and some of its important parts (readContinue Reading
The covid-19 related events of this year unfortunately made in most of the countries around the world any big processions or gatherings impossible. With limited social contact some new ways of thinking and new forms of social and cultural aspects of life started to emerge. The Velvet Carnival procession wentContinue Reading
– by Barry Stephenson Dating from the 4th century, Rome’s San Marcello al Corso houses a crucifix that began its famed career by surviving a devastating fire in May of 1519. Three years later, during the height of a plague, friars of the Servant of Mary, disregarding the prohibitions imposedContinue Reading