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
THE FEAST OF THE BEAR – A NEW RITUAL IN A TRADITIONAL CONTEXT Olga Cieslarová, Martin Pehal THE WILD MAN, THE GRIFFIN AND THE LION “Diryff-dyff-dyff” resounds from a distance. We are standing with the children on the bank of the Rhine River in Basel. We hear the loud boomsContinue Reading
– You change the marching rhythm, you are forced to dance – The Basel Fasnacht Carnival is a geyser of creativity but at the same time, it has a very serious character due to the movement in a form of militaristic marching of groups through the streets. Every year inContinue Reading
Date: 12th of January Location: Basel, Switzerland Description: A new ritual, the “Bärentag” (Feast of the Bear) was founded in 1998 in Basel (Switzerland). This happened in the context of the medieval, but still nowadays very popular feast of “Vogel Gryff” (grifin). In contrast to the traditional feast characterized byContinue Reading
Date: It starts on the first Monday after Ash Wednesday (during Easter period), lasts for 72 hours Location: Basel, Switzerland Description: In Basel people say that a person either loves Fasnacht or leaves town and goes skying while it’s on. For the former Fasnacht tends to be a lifelong passion andContinue Reading