Fête des Vignerons
The Fête des Vignerons ( German 'Winzerfest') is a Swiss wine festival that takes place approximately every 25 years in Vevey in the canton of Vaud . The first living tradition of Switzerland the feast in December 2016 which was UNESCO - List of Intangible Cultural Heritage added. The nearby Lavaux wine-growing region has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2007 . From July 18 to August 11, 2019, the festival took place again after 20 years.
history
The Fête des Vignerons is organized by the local wine fraternity called Confrérie des vignerons . Originally, this was an association of landowners who controlled their own vine workers, the community and the Bernese authorities. The brotherhood was probably founded in the Middle Ages under the name Abbaye de l'agriculture de Vevey or Abbaye de Saint-Urbain . However, documented records have only existed since 1647.
At that time there was only a simple procession in the form of a parade in Vevey every year . Wooden figures (so-called marmousets ) were carried on the tips of sticks and from 1730 also the figure of a little boy who represented Bacchus and from 1747 a young person who embodied Ceres , the goddess of harvest.
From 1741 the move was carried out every three years and from 1783 only every six years. Under the influence of the Economic Society of Bern, the organizing committee decided to honor and reward the best vine workers in a celebration. So in 1797 the simple move became a wine festival .
Since then, the population has been able to take part in the ceremony from a grandstand, which is subject to a fee. The festival was structured according to the four seasons and from 1819 the thematic round that belongs to such a festival was complete. Every festival includes the depiction of field work, grazing cattle, work in the vineyard, praise of the fatherland, as well as characters from Greek, Latin and Christian mythology . Since then, every generation has celebrated the best vine workers from Lavaux (area between Pully and Bex ) at their festival , with memory and identity as the most important goal.
Well-known musicians and writers have also participated in this festival since the middle of the 19th century .
Previous festivals
So far, twelve wine festivals as they are carried out today have been celebrated. The last festival took place from July 18 to August 11, 2019.
1797
- Date: unknown
- President: Louis Levade
- Stage design: unknown
- Arena: 2,000 seats
- Number of actors and extras: unknown
1819
- Date: 5-6. August
- President: Louis Levade
- Stage design: unknown
- Arena: 2,000 seats
- Number of actors and extras: 730
1833
- Date: 8.-9. August
- President: Vincent Doret
- Stage design: unknown
- Arena: 4,000 seats
- Number of actors and extras: 780
1851
- Date: 7th-8th centuries August
- President: François Déjoux
- Stage design: unknown
- Music: François Grast
- Arena: 8,000 seats
- Number of actors and extras: 900
1865
- Date: 26.-27. July
- President: Louis Bonjour
- Stage design: unknown
- Music: François Grast
- Arena: 10,500 seats
- Number of actors and extras: 1,200
1889
- Date: 5th, 6th, 8th and 9th August
- President: Paul Ceresole
- Set design: Ernest Burnat
- Music: Hugo de Senger
- Sponsor: none
- Arena: 12,000 seats
- Number of actors and extras: 1,379
1905
- Date: 4th, 5th, 7th, 8th and 9th August
- President: Emile Gaudard
- Stage design: René Morax
- Music: Gustave Doret
- Sponsor: René Morax
- Arena: 12,500 seats
- Number of actors and extras: 1,800
1927
- Date: August 1st and 9th
- President: Emile Gaudard
- Set design: Edouard Vierne , replaced by A. Durec
- Music: Gustave Doret
- Sponsor: Pierre Girard
- Arena: 14,000 seats
- Number of actors and extras: 2,000
1955
- Date: August 1st and 15th
- President: David Dénéréaz
- Set design: Oscar Eberlé
- Music: Carlo Hemmerling
- Sponsor: Géo H. Blanc
- Arena: 16,000 seats
- Number of actors and extras: 3,850
1977
- Date: July 30th - August 14th
- President: Philippe Dénéréaz
- Set design: Charles Apothéloz
- Music: Jean Balissat
- Costumes: Jean Monod
- Sponsor: Henri Debluë
- Arena: 15,776 seats
- Number of actors and extras: 4,250
1999
- Date: July 29th to August 15th
- President: Marc-Henri Chaudet
- Stage design: François Rochaix
- Music: Jean-François Bovard , Michel Hostettler , Jost Meier
- Sponsor: François Debluë
- Arena: 16,000 seats
- Number of actors and extras: 5,050 thereof 670 riders
The festival was organized with a budget of 50 million francs.
2019
- Date: July 18th to August 11th
- President: François Margot
- Stage design: Daniele Finzi Pasca , Hugo Gargiulo
- Music: Jérôme Berney , Maria Bonzanigo , Valentin Villard
- Arena: 20,000 seats
- Number of actors and extras: 6,000
Expenditure of 100 million Swiss francs was expected; it resulted in a deficit of 16 million francs.
Trivia
The Swiss mint Swissmint issued two commemorative coins in honor of the 1999 wine festival .
5-franc special coin
100 francs special coin
See also
literature
- Joël Aguet: Fête des Vignerons, Vevey VD . In: Andreas Kotte (Ed.): Theater Lexikon der Schweiz - Dictionnaire du théâtre en Suisse. Volume 1, Chronos, Zurich 2005, ISBN 3-0340-0715-9 , p. 583 f. (French)
- Sabine Carruzzo-Frey, Patricia Ferrari-Dupont: You labeur aux honneurs. Quatre siècles d'histoire de la Confrérie des Vignerons et de ses fêtes . 2nd Edition. Confrérie des Vignerons et al., Vevey et al. 1998, ISBN 2-9700183-0-6 (French).
Web links
- Organizing Committee website
- Sabine Carruzzo-Frey, Patricia Ferrari-Dupont: Fête des Vignerons. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
- Entry on the UNESCO list of intangible cultural heritage
- Aerial photos from 1999
Individual evidence
- ↑ Unesco: Vevey winegrowers festival is a cultural heritage . In: nzz.ch. December 1, 2016, accessed December 2, 2016.
- ↑ Welcome. Retrieved December 18, 2018 (German).