September 2010 - 16
Kirschkernkissen / Chriesischteisäckli
As the oldest and most traditional house, we decided some years ago to bring back some “ancient” customs.
In 1960 the Monte Rosa was reconstructed for the first winter season. There our tradition found his beginning to put these pillows into their beds.
The “Chriesischteisäckli” (cherry stone pillow) lovely mentioned by Swiss people was used to warm up cold beds. The sack filled with cherry stones is slowly heated in the oven and then it is put into the beds to warm them up.
In spite of a new and modern heating we still offer this traditional service today to our guests while their stay.
One of our regular guests always gets two of these pillows. One for the kidney area and the other one for the feet. Our lovable matron secretly “sized up” the length of the legs to extend a perfect service.
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DetailsFolkloric Festival
Every year on the second weekend of August, Zermatt is overrun by Swiss tradition when “Folklore Festival” takes place. What started 41 years ago as a small fest, is now one of the biggest summer events.
The festival starts every year at 11.a.m. with the Yodel mass in the parish church and has his highlight in the main parade through town in the afternoon with more than 1200 dancers, yodellers and musicians.
“Fahnenschwinger” (Flag spinning), “Alphornbläser” (Alphorn blowers), different music groups as well as costume groups and “Glockenschingen” (bell schwinger) offer a varied program.
After the procession there are performers at the fairgrounds and at the church square.
There are also food booths, children’s animation and other amusement.
History of the costumes
The simple and convenient garment which were common in the middle age for central Europe, were modified in the 18 hundreds due to class consciousness and wealth into scenically bonded farmer dresses.
Due to the flourishing trade the flax and coarse wool the fabric became finer.
Young countrymen became mercenary soldier in foreign countries from which they brought “thaler”, new fashion and life philosophies and other things, home.
The ambition to imitate the upper class was accounted to the evolution of the costumes.
The costumes were inhabited from generation to generation and regional development took place. The people origin, one could identify by the costumes and the dialect.
Spared from wars, the agriculture and industry could develop freely. Because the work was done by hand and mostly at home the agrarian population was part of this. This way, village weavers, knitters and bobbin lacers had income. More and more the virtuosity evolved which had an enormous influence on the costumes.
Like the landscape and the origin formed the character, there lifestyle, there believes and there sense of beauty defined the idiosyncrasy of the costumes.
For example in the protestant areas the costumes, according us the view of life puritanical, the costumes were more plain then those of the Catholics. The wealth of the church animated the people’s creativity, where the fests and procession occasion accounted to the colours and lots of jewellery of the fest costumes.
