Carnival

Bâle carnival

The Bâle carnival is an event that takes place every year in Bâle and is spread over three days. On the Monday after Ash Wednesday the city awakes with the "Morgenstraich" and at four o'clock all the lights are turned of. Thousands of picolos play the traditional melody of the "Morgenstraich" and the only lights are the big lanterns of the Fasnacht groups, the pole lanterns of the "Vortrab" that clear the way for them, and the head lanterns of the the masks of all the participants. It is a truly magnificent event.