Chiembäse Liestal

Chiembäse Liestal

running with burning bunfires through the narrow gate and city of Liestal

Location: 

Liestal, Switzerland

Duration: 

Sunday, March 5, 2017

Personal highlights

  1. Chienbäse Liestal: a carnival tradition to carry burning wood through Liestal
  2. Burning Pinewood: brave people carry besoms and pulling bunfires on carriages
  3. Security: fireman from all surrounding towns are present and ready
  4. Tradition: since more than 100 years, people do this crazy stuff
  5. Spectactors: hundres of people witness the parade and feel the heat

Image sources

  1. Brave fireman
  2. Burning streets
  3. Carrying the fire
  4. Through the gate
  5. Fire in the city!

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