Faces of Fasnet

[jazzmech]

This page is dedicated to the tradition of the FASNET masks.

A lil history:

Fasnet, is quite different from anywhere else and only vaguely similar to the Basler Fassnacht in Switzerland. Some traditions are obviously close to the very old rite of driving out the ghosts of winter, using horrifying disguises and lots of noise. Another element of the Fasnet is to play tricks (sometimes of questionable taste) on the visitors which serves to make it clear to everybody that they are only fools. Hence also the mirror as one of the jester's insignias.

Every town's Carnival Guild has one or more prominent figures (the Häs, for example) which form the centre of their procession. This figure can resemble anything including a wolf, a devil, a red-eyed ugly fantasy creature clothed in a bunch of straw, or a trunk from a tree with big eyes and ears. Items for making terrible noises include bells of all sizes, whips, or pieces of wood clung together.


Enjoy

[nksyoon]

Zurich 2004

http://www.pbase.com/nksyoon/zrich_carneval_2004

Luzern 2003

http://www.pbase.com/nksyoon/fasnacht_luzern_2003

Luzern 2004

http://www.pbase.com/nksyoon/fasnacht_carnival_luzern_2004


ps. you might want to include an image or url next time?

[jazzmech]

Thanks...I did this last nite after having two glasses of wine.

Faces of FASNET url: http://www.pbase.com/jazzmech