Chienbesen

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Chienbesen is a spectacular carnival celebrations from Liestal. It starts on Sunday night after Mardi Gras, giant bonfires with flames as high as the houses dragged through the medieval town full of crowd floats with onlookers brandishing flaming torches of pine branches above their heads in a dramatic, ancient spectacle. Thousands of spectators turn out for the Chienbesen parade which not only come from Switzerland as but also from foreign countries around the globe. This custom has a tradition off over 200 years.