Customs & Traditions
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aarau info Schlossplatz 1 5000 Aarau Tel. +41 (0)62 834 10 34 Fax +41 (0)62 834 10 35 mail@aarauinfo.ch www.aarauinfo.ch |
The Maienzug is Aarau's most important festive day and is held every year on the first Friday in July. The highlight is the procession of schoolchildren through the town. |
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aarau info Schlossplatz 1 5000 Aarau Tel. +41 (0)62 834 10 34 Fax +41 (0)62 834 10 35 mail@aarauinfo.ch www.aarauinfo.ch |
It is not just the Aar which flows through Aarau, but also the Stadtbach, an artificially created water course, which in earlier times channelled the life-giving water from a spring right into the town. And every September its bed had to be cleared of refuse, a task which all the townspeople undertook together. |
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Fricktal Regio Planungsverband Laufenplatz 145 5080 Laufenburg Tel. +41 (0)62 874 47 40 Fax +41 (0)62 874 47 41 info@fricktal.ch www.fricktal.ch |
The ancient custom of egg gathering takes place in Effingen eight days after Easter on "even" years. The contest staged as a rivalry between winter and spring is accompanied by the antics of creatures masked as primaeval beings. |
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Tourismus Lenzburg Seetal Büro für Tourismus und Mobilität Kronenplatz 24 5600 Lenzburg Tel. +41 (0)62 886 45 46 Fax +41 (0)62 886 45 35 tourismus@lenzburg.ch www.lenzburg.ch |
It's in November and December that the distinctive sharp cracks of the "Chlausgeisseln" whips can be heard throughout the Lenzburg region as darkness sets in. The custom of "Chlauschlöpfen" is designed to rouse Santa Claus from his slumber. |
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Tourismus Lenzburg Seetal Büro für Tourismus und Mobilität Kronenplatz 24 5600 Lenzburg Tel. +41 (0)62 886 45 46 Fax +41 (0)62 886 45 35 tourismus@lenzburg.ch www.seetal-erlebnis.ch |
The Lenzburg Youth Festival has been the main festival in Lenzburg for over 400 years, and every year on the second Friday in July it brings together young and old, nostalgic Lenzburg residents, and many visitors from afar to join in the celebrations. |
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Fricktal Regio Planungsverband Laufenplatz 145 5080 Laufenburg Tel. +41 (0)62 874 47 40 Fax +41 (0)62 874 47 41 info@fricktal.ch www.fricktal.ch |
On the Sunday following Ash Wednesday a Catherine wheel and homemade falling stars light up the night sky in Oeschgen. The ancient custom of "Scheibenschlagen" is said to be of pagan origin. |
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Tourismus Rheinfelden Stadtbüro Marktgasse 16 4310 Rheinfelden Tel. +41 (0)61 835 52 00 Fax +41 (0)61 835 52 53 tourismus@rheinfelden.ch www.tourismus-rheinfelden.ch |
Twelve resourceful residents of Rheinfelden once sought to dispel the plague from the town by singing Christmas carols. And while the epidemic is a thing of the past, the custom lives on, specifically on 24 and 31 December. |
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Fricktal Regio Planungsverband Laufenplatz 145 5080 Laufenburg Tel. +41 (0)62 874 47 40 Fax +41 (0)62 874 47 41 info@fricktal.ch www.fricktal.ch |
The traditional custom of Eierleset is held in Wölflinswil on 1 May 2008 – Ascension Day. The contest is a combination of running and throwing, and is rounded off with a shared "meal of eggs". |
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Stadtbüro Zofingen Stadthaus Kirchplatz Kirchplatz 26 4800 Zofingen Tel. +41 (0)62 745 71 72 Fax +41 (0)62 745 71 74 stadtbuero@zofingen.ch www.zofingen.ch |
The undisputed highlight in Zofingen's annual programme of events is the Children's Festival, which every year transforms the streets and squares of the old town centre on the first Friday of July. |
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