Goodbye winter, hello spring!
The wintery chill was chased away at the weekend as scores of towns and villages celebrated Buergbrennen by holding torchlit parades and giant bonfires.
The wintery chill was chased away at the weekend as scores of towns and villages celebrated Buergbrennen by holding torchlit parades and giant bonfires.
The ancient tradition, roughly translated as the feast of torches, takes place each year, and sees communes set alight to a giant wooden cross to ward off winter.
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