Pschuuri
The Pschuuri ( Walser German , roughly to be reproduced with «blackening») is a long-standing custom in Splügen (municipality of Rheinwald ) in the Rheinwald in the canton of Graubünden .
procedure
The young men of the village, the so-called Pschuurirolli , try to blacken the faces of children and especially young girls with ash on Ash Wednesday . The mask wearers wear several small bells around their hips, which they identify when they approach and give the "victims" the opportunity to escape.
The blackening must be completed by sunset. Then the conflict between the sexes ends and pairs, "Männli" and "Wibli", form. These wander around disguised and masked as beggars and seek entry into the houses to beg for eggs. In the background there may be an archaic pagan fertility ritual that is supposed to bind the young people of age to one another.
The eggs are then mixed with wine to prepare the "Resimäda" and eat them together as a feast.