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Chienbäse is a Fasnacht tradition of Liestal, Basel-Landschaft, Switzerland. On the Sunday night after Ash Wednesday , the night before the Morgestraich in Basel city, a procession begins of people carrying burning bundles of pinewood chips (called Chienbäse , the Alemannic German for "pinewood besom") through the medieval town center along ...
The population was made up of 10,104 Swiss citizens (74.6% of the population), and 3,447 non-Swiss residents (25.4%) [10] Of the population in the municipality 3,257 or about 25.2% were born in Liestal and lived there in 2000. There were 2,648 or 20.5% who were born in the same canton, while 3,406 or 26.3% were born somewhere else in ...
Chienbäse procession with burning wood bundles and fire carts in Liestal, Switzerland (2013) Processions are found in almost every form of religious worship, such as Holy Week processions. Some biblical examples were the processions with the Ark of Covenant and the procession of Jesus on a donkey into Jerusalem. [30]
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The population was made up of 42,590 Swiss citizens (74.5% of the population), and 14,587 non-Swiss residents (25.5%) [5] Of the population in the district 13,360 or about 24.5% were born in the Liestal district and lived there in 2000. There were 11,599 or 21.3% who were born in the same canton, while 14,741 or 27.1% were born somewhere else ...
Swiss folklore describes a collection of local stories, celebrations, and customs of the alpine and sub-alpine peoples that occupy Switzerland. The country of Switzerland is made up of several distinct cultures including German, French, Italian, as well as the Romansh speaking population of Graubünden. Each group has its own unique folkloric ...
Name Year No. Description Craft techniques and customary practices of cathedral workshops, or Bauhütten, in Europe, know-how, transmission, development of knowledge and innovation + [f]
This is a list of mayors of Liestal, Basel-Land, Switzerland. The mayor ( Stadtpräsident , earlier: Gemeindepräsident ) chairs the five-member city council ( Stadtrat ) of Liestal . [ 1 ]