Silvester Ross on New Year’s Eve
"Oh la la la..." It is New Year's Eve and through the bright clear night can be heard from afar the pealing of bells and coarse voices: "Oh la la la, tournez ...
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Osterspend (Easter Offering) in Ferden
The story goes that following the death of a cowherd who had become rich through illegal means, an ominous ghost came to haunt the Alpine pastures of Faldum, Resti and Kummen. T...
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Tschäggättä / Carnival
During carnival week, "Tschäggätta" (frightful figures, clad in furs and wearing grotesque masks) liven up village life in the Lötschental. This pagan custom is practised from 3 February onwards in the Lötschental.
Grenadiers of God
Has anyone not heard of the Lötschental Grenadiers of God? Along with the womenfolk in their brightly-coloured Lötschental traditional costumes they have been part of the solemn processions held on Christian holidays since time immemorial.
