Fasnacht

E280338
carnival festival

Fasnacht is a traditional Swiss carnival festival marked by elaborate costumes, parades, masks, and music, especially celebrated in Swiss German regions.

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All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Basler Fasnacht 1
Berner Fasnacht 1
Fasnacht canonical 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf carnival ⓘ
festival ⓘ
associatedFood Fasnachtschüechli ⓘ
carnival pastries ⓘ
celebratedIn Canton of Aargau ⓘ
surface form: Aargau

Basel-Stadt ⓘ
surface form: Basel

Bern ⓘ
Lucerne ⓘ
Schwyz ⓘ
Solothurn ⓘ
St. Gallen ⓘ
Uri ⓘ
Zug ⓘ
Zurich ⓘ
country Switzerland ⓘ
culturalRegion Swiss German regions ⓘ
culturalSignificance intangible cultural heritage of Switzerland ⓘ
dressCode costumes ⓘ
masks ⓘ
etymology derived from Middle High German ‘vasnacht’ ⓘ
related to ‘Fastnacht’ meaning ‘Eve of the Fast’ ⓘ
hasCharacteristic elaborate costumes ⓘ
masks ⓘ
music ⓘ
noise making ⓘ
parades ⓘ
satire ⓘ
street performances ⓘ
hasVariant Fasnacht self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Basler Fasnacht

Fasnacht self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Berner Fasnacht

Fasnacht self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Luzerner Fasnacht

Fasnacht self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Solothurner Fasnacht
languageRegion German-speaking Switzerland ⓘ
musicStyle brass bands ⓘ
percussion ensembles ⓘ
relatedTo Carnival ⓘ
Mardi Gras celebrations ⓘ
surface form: Mardi Gras
religiousContext Christian calendar ⓘ
season pre-Lenten period ⓘ
socialFunction community celebration ⓘ
expression of local identity ⓘ
social satire ⓘ
timeRelativeToEaster occurs before Ash Wednesday ⓘ
typicalElement Guggenmusik ⓘ
cliques ⓘ
confetti ⓘ
drums and piccolos ⓘ
lantern parades ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Swiss Germans → custom → Fasnacht ⓘ
Fasnacht → hasVariant → Fasnacht self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Basler Fasnacht
Fasnacht → hasVariant → Fasnacht self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Luzerner Fasnacht
Fasnacht → hasVariant → Fasnacht self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Solothurner Fasnacht
Fasnacht → hasVariant → Fasnacht self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Berner Fasnacht
Rottweil → hasCulturalTradition → Fasnacht ⓘ
this entity surface form: Swabian-Alemannic carnival (Fasnet)