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This time of year, the Basel area is in Fasnacht mode. As part of a local city custom, the city of Liestal in Switzerland organizes the ‘Chienbäse’-procession. A Chienbäse is a cart or a bundle of wood, set on fire. These carts and bundles are carried through the city in a procession. The intention of this procession is to break the power of winter and drive winter away. A bundle is carried by one person and could weigh upto 70kg: the most spectacular parts of the procession are the carts. They can carry as much as 4m3 of burning wood, often creating flames as high as 10meters. I will try and give an impression of one of these carts going through town in a follow up post. This post is a closeup of one of these large carts. I was app. 2 meters away from this inferno. My face was basically protected by my camera: the heat literally burns the skin.
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NB: click on an image in the gallery below to get a full size image and use the arrows below the large image to navigate.
Hallo Joke, Leuk dat je ff komt buurten ! Het was een fantastisch evenement.
Zelfs de trein was een avontuur. Ik hoop dat je nog een beetje bijtijds bent thuis gekomen.
Cheerio.
Peter
Dear Peter
Thanks for posting these beautiful impressions of this year’s Chienbäse! We felt the heat of the towering flames again! En nog bedankt voor alle foto’s in de overvolle trein naar Basel na het festijn. Maybe we’ll see you again next year!
Best greetings Joke & Claude