[Culturechat] Chlausjaeger
Lewis & Helen
lenlewis@netcarrier.com
Tue, 13 Nov 2001 09:55:51 -0500
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Vance Roy's story about the parade with the bells and the unholy noise =
they made reminded me of the first time we had our grandchildren to =
Switzerland. We were staying in Reuti and early one evening just as it =
got dark we heard this "unholy" noise up on the main street. We didn't =
know what it was - fire alarm, or what! Our daughter and grandchildren =
ran up the hill to investigate and soon the kids were running down the =
hill calling out to us to come quick. They said there were a whole =
bunch of men walking through the village carrying very large bells. =
They solemnly walked down the street and then back and finally down the =
hill near our apartment to a house where they partied for the rest of =
the night, except for a time or two when they walked through the village =
again. We found out that it was a bachelor send off for one of the =
young men in the village. This summer when my husband and I visited =
Ballenberg on a misty cool day we took our time and read all the =
information to be found in each house! In the house where a display is =
set up about weddings we discovered that each village had its own =
Bachelor Club which set the courting rules for the village and even =
fined someone from another village who was courting a girl from their =
village! We were wondering if the celebration we watched was a modern =
day Bachelor Club in action.
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