Fasnacht in West Virginia

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I need to travel to Helvetia, West Virginia, sometime if I ever get transportation. Seems that they have a large Swiss population there, and about this time of year, they have Fasnacht. A time of revelry and dragging out Ol’ Man Winter and burning him to help the Winter end. I found a very interesting article on it, and thought I’d share here!

Helvetia, West Virginia: Where Swiss tradition and Appalachian spirit defy time

Enjoy! And let’s all get together and burn a bit of paper with a stick figure of Ol’ Man Winter soon. Can’t hurt, and if it stops snow like what we’re about to have, I’m all for it!

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That looks amazing! I haven’t heard of Fasnacht before, but it reminds a little of a Polish winter/spring tradition - although they drown an effigy of Marzanna, a Slavic goddess of winter instead.

Very cool to read about! I hope you’re able to make it to a Fasnacht celebration someday :blush:

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I figured it would be Holda, but yeah, it makes sense! Glad you like the article! Hopefully, I will get there some day!

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