Schlitteda
The Schlitteda ( Rhaeto-Romanic in the idiom Puter for 'Schlittenfahrt' or 'Schlittenfest', emphasized on the middle syllable on the long “e”) is a cultural tradition in the Upper Engadin in the canton of Graubünden .
procedure
The Schlitteda takes place in January and the beginning of February, starting with Pontresina and then in Champfèr , St. Moritz and Samedan . The Schlitteda is carried out by single couples in red and black Engadin costumes who arrive at the departure point between 8.30 a.m. and 9 a.m. (In addition, there was also the so-called Schlitteda da maridos , the 'sleigh festival of the married couple' , until the turn of the millennium ). Then the processional journey of all sledges on set routes through the snow-covered plain of the high valley begins . Until the 1860s, the young women entertained the boys in the evening, while the latter paid for the cost of maintaining the horses and carriages.
history
In the old Engadine lease contracts for farms it was usually stipulated that the horses for the Schlitteda had to be parked free of charge.
literature
- Margrit Thüler (Ed.): Festivals in the Alpine region. Switzerland, Austria, Germany, Italy, France . Migros-Presse, Zurich 1997, ISBN 3-9521210-0-2 , p. 61-67 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Festivals in the Alpine region . S. 65 (see under literature).