List of living traditions in Switzerland
The list of living traditions in Switzerland includes 199 traditions from the fields of music, dance, theater, customs, handicrafts, industry and knowledge in dealing with nature, which are of particular importance locally, regionally and nationally in Switzerland . It is an inventory of intangible cultural heritage in Switzerland, whose leadership of UNESCO - Convention for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage is prescribed.
The entries were selected by the Swiss Federal Office of Culture from 387 suggestions from the cantonal cultural offices and published in October 2011. In spring 2012, the list was supplemented by a web inventory with extensive documentation. In July 2017, the list was supplemented with the entry of further traditions.
list
| Surname | Canton (s) | Date or period |
|---|---|---|
| Aarauer Bachfischet | AG | September |
| Aare swimming in Bern | BE | |
| Aargau and Solothurn youth festivals | BE , SO | |
| Abbayes vaudoises | VD | |
| Albanifest | ZH | June |
| Almanac romand Messager boiteux | VD | |
| Alphorn and Büchelspiel | CH | |
| Alpinism | CH | |
| Älplerchilbi | LU , UR , SZ , OW , NW | |
| Alpine raffle | OW | |
| Anna Göldi | GL | |
| Appenzell wood carving | AR | |
| Appenzell and Toggenburg alpine tours | AI , AR , SG | |
| Appenzell wit and satire | AR , AI | |
| Driveway ride in Beromünster | LU | |
| Autour d'une fondue | FR and whole CH | |
| Bathing trip | AG | |
| Basel Carnival | BS | |
| Basel autumn fair | BS | |
| Basel drums | BS | |
| Cottage garden in Osterfingen | SH | |
| Peasant painting around the Säntis | AI , AR , SG | |
| Bechtelistag in Frauenfeld | TG | January |
| Bénichon | FR | |
| Bernese peasant ceramics | BE | |
| Bernese dialect music and dialect literature | BE | |
| Bernese bear | BE | |
| Betruf in Central Switzerland | LU , UR , SZ , OW , NW | |
| Brass music | CH | |
| Bochsel Night | TG | December |
| Botanique genevoise et le marronnier de la Treille | GE | |
| Braderie dans l'Arc Jurassien | BE , JU , NE | |
| Brienz wood carving , see School for Wood Carving | BE | |
| Brother Klausen reception | OW | 25th of September |
| Well singing of the Sebastianbruderschaft Rheinfelden | AG | |
| Carnaval jurassia | JU | |
| Castagne, caldarrostai e castanicoltura | TI , GR | |
| Chalandamarz | GR | 1st March |
| Chant choral des Fribourgeois | FR | |
| Chlefelen | SZ | Lent |
| Chienbäse | BL | Sunday after Ash Wednesday |
| Chlauschlöpf in the Lenzburg district | AG | November December |
| Chröpfelimeh | ZG | Sunday after Ash Wednesday |
| Les consortages en Valais | VS | |
| Copertura e riparazione dei tetti | TI | |
| Cortège de la Fête des vendanges de Neuchâtel | NE | September |
| Costruzione dei muri a secco | CH | |
| La cueillette et la culture des plantes sauvages | VS | |
| Cultura dei grotti nella Svizzera italiana | TI , GR | |
| Découpages du Pays-d'Enhaut et du Simmenthal | VD , BE | |
| Dentelle de Neuchâtel | NE | all the year long |
| Federal field shooting | CH | Early summer |
| Egg reading set | AG , SO , BL | Sunday after Easter |
| Elevage du cheval de race Franches-Montagnes (breeding of the Freiberg horse ) | JU | |
| L'Escalade | GE | 12th of December |
| L'Esprit de Genève | GE | |
| Fabrication d'automates et de boîtes à musique | VD | |
| Fabrique | GE | |
| Carnival in Central Switzerland | LU , UR , SZ , OW , NW , ZG | |
| Fête des Fontaines de Môtiers | NE | 12th September |
| Fête des Vignerons | VD | |
| La Fête-Dieu à Savièse | VS | May / June ( Corpus Christi ) |
| Fêtes des Jeunesses campagnardes vaudoises | VD | |
| Le Feuillu | GE | |
| Fiera di San Provino e di San Martino | TI | |
| Fifres et tambours du Valais | VS | |
| Rafts on Lake Aegeri | ZG | |
| Foire de Chaindon | BE | |
| Corpus Christi procession in Appenzell | AI | |
| Corpus Christi feast of the Lord God cannoners | LU | |
| Goose cut | LU | November 11th |
| Prayer healing | AI and German-speaking Switzerland | |
| Ghost stories from Central Switzerland | LU , UR , SZ , OW , NW , ZG | |
| La gestion du danger d'avalanches | VS and the Alps | |
| Extraction and exchange of agricultural and horticultural seeds | CH | |
| Glarner Landsgemeinde | GL | May |
| Glarus orchestras and choirs | GL and German-speaking Switzerland | |
| Gotthard stories | UR , TI , GR , VS | |
| Graphic design and typography | CH | |
| Greiflet | SZ | |
| Bullhead Carnival | TG | |
| Big Bern race days (soap box race) | BE | |
| Le guet du beffroi de la cathédrale de Lausanne | VD | |
| Hom stream | GR | |
| Hornussen | BE , AG , SO | |
| Horns and Mazza Cula | GR | |
| L'illustration, la bande dessinée et l'affiche genevoises | GE | |
| Innerrhoder Landsgemeinde | AI | April |
| Innerrhoder Christmas | AI | |
| International inferno ski race Mürren | BE | |
| L'Italianità en Valais | VS | |
| Jassen | CH | all the year long |
| Jeu de quilles neuchâtelois | NE | all the year long |
| Jewish cultural heritage in the canton of Aargau | AG | |
| Youth festivals in the cantons of Aargau and Solothurn | AG , SO | |
| Children's festival St. Gallen | SG | |
| Boy shooting | ZH | September |
| Cherry cultivation | ZG | |
| Koehler in Entlebuch | LU | |
| Consensus culture and direct democracy | CH | |
| Herbal knowledge in women's monasteries in central Switzerland | LU , OW , NW , UR , SZ , ZG | |
| Amateur theater in Central Switzerland | LU , OW , NW , UR , SZ , ZG | |
| Reading societies | AR | |
| Liestal ban day | BL | |
| Maypole as a fountain decoration | BL , AG , BE , and all of Switzerland | |
| Maiensässfahrt | GR | |
| Mammoth raft race | TG | |
| Marche commémorative de la Révolution du 1er mars 1848 | NE | 1st March |
| Mask carving and carnival in the Sarganserland | SG | |
| Meitlizyt in Fahrwangen and Meisterschwanden | AG | |
| Militia Storiche | TI | |
| Näfelser ride (Fährlen) | GL | April |
| Naturopathy in Appenzell Ausserrhoden | AR | |
| Natural yodelling and yodelling song | CH | |
| "No e Wili" (open-air play) | SH | |
| Nomadic culture of the Swiss Yenish and Sinti | CH | |
| Novena di Natale a Morcote | TI | |
| Nünichlingler in Ziefen | BL | December 24th, 9:00 p.m. |
| Fruit growing and processing | TG | |
| Open air festival culture | CH | |
| Operetta stages in the canton of Aargau | AG | |
| Patinage on the Doubs | NE | winter |
| Patois du Valais romand en scene | VS , FR | |
| Patois jurassiens | JU | |
| Pentecostal flowers | BL , AG | |
| Platzgen | BE | |
| Poyas ( alpine lift in the Friborg Patois ) | FR | |
| Processioni storiche di Mendrisio | TI | |
| Les promotions | GE , VD , NE , FR | End of the school year |
| Pschuuri in Splügen | GR | |
| Rabadan e il carnevale in Ticino | TI | |
| Räbeliechtli removals | ZH | |
| Raclette comme pratique sociale | VS | |
| Ranz des vaches , Kuhreihen , Lioba | FR | |
| Revue genevoise | GE | |
| Illumination of the Rhine Falls with fireworks | SH | |
| La Saint-Nicolas à Friborg | FR | 1st Saturday in December |
| Season d'alpage | Alpine cantons | |
| San Giuseppe Day in Laufenburg | AG | |
| Sarganserland Alps blessing | SG | |
| Savoir-faire horlogers | BE , BL , GE , JU , NE , SO , VD , SH | |
| Schaffhausen wine culture | SH | |
| Slamming the windows | GR | |
| Swimming in the Rhine / Rheinschwimmen | BS | |
| Swing | CH | |
| Sculptures et constructions en neige à La Chaux-de-Fonds | NE | |
| Sechseläuten | ZH | |
| Le secret | JU , FR | |
| Silk ribbon industry and ribbon weaving | BL , BS , AG , SO | |
| Self-administration of the Autonomous Youth Center AJZ Biel | BE | |
| Saddlery | AI | |
| sgraffito | GR | |
| New Year's Eve | AR | January 13th ( old New Year's Eve ) |
| Solennite de Morat | FR | |
| Solothurn Carnival | SO | |
| St. Nicholas customs in Central Switzerland | LU , UR , SZ , OW , NW , ZG | |
| St. Gallen book culture | SG | |
| St. Gallen embroidery (machine lace) | SG | |
| Stäcklibuebe | AG , SO | |
| City gardeners | ZH | |
| Carol singing | Various cantons | |
| Bull market in Zug and cattle shows in Central Switzerland | LU , UR , SZ , OW , NW , ZG | |
| St-Martin en Ajoie | JU | |
| Stoss pilgrimage | AI | |
| Straw culture, wickerwork and hat industry in Freiamt | AG , TI | |
| Tavillonnage | FR , VD | |
| Share and distribute in alpine cooperatives | BE | |
| Töfftreff Hauenstein | SO | |
| La torrée | NE , JU | |
| Tourist landscape development | LU , UR , SZ , OW , NW , ZG | |
| Traditions around the Munot | SH | |
| Troccas | GR | |
| The Tschäggättä in the Lötschental | VS | |
| Takeover in Central Switzerland | LU , UR , SZ , OW , NW , ZG | |
| Watch cup in Grenchen | SO | July |
| Unspunnenfest | BE and all of Switzerland | |
| Association | CH | |
| Cattle breeding and cow fighting in Valais | VS | |
| Vogel Gryff | BS | January |
| Folk music in Appenzellerland and Toggenburg | AI , AR , SG | |
| Folk music practice in Central Switzerland | LU , UR , SZ , OW , NW , ZG | |
| Folk music in Graubünden | GR | |
| Folk dance in north-western Switzerland | BL and all of Switzerland | |
| Folk dance in Central Switzerland | LU , UR , SZ , OW , NW , ZG | |
| Voyage Belle-Epoque in the region of Lèman | VD , VS , GE | |
| Pilgrimage to Einsiedeln | SZ | |
| Pilgrimage to Mariastein | SO | |
| Water mats | BE | |
| Weidling driving and pasture cultivation | SH and all of Switzerland | |
| Weather and climate knowledge | LU , OW , NW , UR , SZ , ZG | |
| Poaching stories | NW | |
| Wild hay in Central Switzerland | OW , NW , UR , SZ | |
| Wilhelm Tell and the liberation myths | LU , UR , SZ , OW , NW , ZG | |
| Woldmanndli | UR | |
| Number 11 in Solothurn | SO | |
| Zibelemärit | BE | November |
| Zurich textile and silk industry | ZH | |
| Zurich techno culture | ZH |
See also
Canton lists:
Individual evidence
- ↑ Switzerland's intangible cultural heritage: the list of living traditions is available , press release by the Federal Office of Culture of October 7, 2011
- ↑ Finalized selection for the list of living traditions in Switzerland ( Memento of the original from December 18, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF)
- ↑ BAK - Federal Office of Culture - Update - List of Living Traditions in Switzerland. Retrieved September 26, 2017 .
literature
- Karin Janz: Sow, roar, celebrate. Living traditions today. here + now, Baden 2013, ISBN 978-3-03919-298-4 .
- Kurt Haberstich, Martin Hauzenberger: Typically Switzerland. Lived tradition. Faro, Lenzburg 2013, ISBN 978-3-03781-063-7 .
Web links
- Living traditions in Switzerland , website of the Federal Office of Culture
- List of living traditions in Switzerland on the website of the Federal Office of Culture