Carnival customs in South Tyrol
They are stamping, screaming, laughing and startling: the "Zussl" and the "Egetmänner", who chase away the cold winter and wicked ghosts and welcome the spring. Both of them are traditional carnival characters and today the old costumes in South Tyrol are still alive.
Many years ago the winter was much harder than today: it was very cold, sometimes there was no food and in the darkness of the night the people suppose ghosts and demons. To chase away the winter, the hunger and the darkness, people have organized processions and they disguise themselves with fantastic masks.
Even today some of the old South Tyrolean carnival customs are alive. For example the procession of the "Zussl" in Prad am Stilfserjoch in Vinschgau or the "Egetmann parade" in Tramin.
Other carnival events in South Tyrol are:
- Vinschgau (Prad am Stilfserjoch): 31st Jannuary 08: "Zussl" parade
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Rosengarten-Latemar (Welschnofen, Obereggen): 31st Jannuary 08: Schaffaner parade
- Schnals: 31st Jannuary 08: carnival for children and live music
- Hochpustertal (Toblach, Innichen, Sexten): 15th February 07: carnival parades and night sliding
- Gröden (St. Ulrich, St. Christina, Wolkenstein): 31st Jannuary 08: carnival parade
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Südtirols Süden (Tramin): "Egetmann parade" (Takes place in 2009)
Accommodation South Tyrol
- Carnival and Accommodation Vinschgau
- Carnival and Accommodation Dolomites
- Carnival and Accommodation Süden Südtirols
- Carnival and Accommodation Eisacktal
- Carnival and Accommodation South Tyrol
