VOGEL GYFF-THE BEGINING OF FASENACHT OR CARNIVAL IN OUR PART OF THE WORLD
SINCE THIS IS MY FAVORITE TIME OF YEAR NEXT TO SUMMER LOL THOUGHT A FEW PICTURE OF THE START OF THE SEASON IN SWITZERLAND
The Vogel Gryff is a heraldic figure of Klein Basel , the right bank of the Rhine area of the city of Basel . Of the three honor societies Kleinbasel organized (3 e) popular holiday is named after him.
Alternately every three years on 13, 20 or 27 January (if it falls on a Sunday: the Saturday before) Basel witnessed the annual festival of the three honor societies for Rebhaus for Hären and gripping . On this day, the three personalized plate holder Vogel Gryff, a griffin in a heavy coat of mail, the Wild Maa, a Tännchen swinging Wilder Mann and Leu, a lion on. Pull Kleinbasel and lead again and again before their traditional dances.
The move has its origins in the Middle Ages , held annual arms patterns responsible for guarding the city wall of honor societies. These patterns each ended with a march through the Kleinbasel and a meal. The Vogel Gryff has nothing with the Basler Fasnacht do. The honor societies are the way no guilds, so it is possible to be a member of an honor society and be a guild.
The surveys were made until 1838 performed separately by each honor society, specifically on fixed dates: Society for Rebhaus on 13 January, the company Hären 20 January and society to touch 27 January. Since 1839, the three companies jointly by the occasion, with the appointment of the three data rotates.
The origins of the custom are obscure, he has been documented for the first time in 1304, in a document as the honor society is mentioned for Rebhaus. In a chronicle of 1597, the processions of the three characters Vogel Gryff (gripping), Wild Maa (Hären) and Leu (Rebhaus) are already being called an old custom.
Wilder Mann (the savage man), Leu (the lion) and Vogel Gryff (the griffin) are traditional symbols or symbolic figures of three Kleinbasel societies. In earlier days, they served military and political purposes. Now, they are part of social life and help to strengthen community ties in the small district of Kleinbasel, eager to distinguish itself from the larger district on the left bank. The symbols as well as the processions - which used to happen spontaneously on different days - date back to the sixteenth century. Since 1841, when the societies moved their headquarters to the same building, the three celebrate together on the day allocated to the society presiding that year. Celebrations continue with a festive lunch for all members of the societies. In the afternoon and evening, the symbolic figures resume dancing in the streets of Kleinbasel.
Mural in Kleinbasel with the words:
Allewyl cold in January, meaningful d'Glaibasler Ehrezaiche draa,
because dr bounces Leu, danzt proud dr Gryff and segglet au dr Wildi Maa
because dr bounces Leu, danzt proud dr Gryff and segglet au dr Wildi Maa
Alternately every three years on 13, 20 or 27 January (if it falls on a Sunday: the Saturday before) Basel witnessed the annual festival of the three honor societies for Rebhaus for Hären and gripping . On this day, the three personalized plate holder Vogel Gryff, a griffin in a heavy coat of mail, the Wild Maa, a Tännchen swinging Wilder Mann and Leu, a lion on. Pull Kleinbasel and lead again and again before their traditional dances.
The surveys were made until 1838 performed separately by each honor society, specifically on fixed dates: Society for Rebhaus on 13 January, the company Hären 20 January and society to touch 27 January. Since 1839, the three companies jointly by the occasion, with the appointment of the three data rotates.
The origins of the custom are obscure, he has been documented for the first time in 1304, in a document as the honor society is mentioned for Rebhaus. In a chronicle of 1597, the processions of the three characters Vogel Gryff (gripping), Wild Maa (Hären) and Leu (Rebhaus) are already being called an old custom.
WILDEMAN
Wilder Mann (the savage man), Leu (the lion) and Vogel Gryff (the griffin) are traditional symbols or symbolic figures of three Kleinbasel societies. In earlier days, they served military and political purposes. Now, they are part of social life and help to strengthen community ties in the small district of Kleinbasel, eager to distinguish itself from the larger district on the left bank. The symbols as well as the processions - which used to happen spontaneously on different days - date back to the sixteenth century. Since 1841, when the societies moved their headquarters to the same building, the three celebrate together on the day allocated to the society presiding that year. Celebrations continue with a festive lunch for all members of the societies. In the afternoon and evening, the symbolic figures resume dancing in the streets of Kleinbasel.
WILDE MAN
