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The Basler Fasnacht starts with the Morgestraich when, at 4am, all the lights go out in the city and carnival participants walk through the streets with beautifully painted lanterns, costumes and typically big-nosed masks, accompanied by drummers and pipers playing piccolos. The festival continues for three days with events for children and ...
Helvetia is a census-designated place (CDP) in Randolph County, West Virginia, United States. As of the 2010 census , its population was 59. [ 3 ] According to the 2020 census , its population was 38. [ 4 ]
1921 – Battle of Blair Mountain, August–September, Logan County, West Virginia; labor massacre in which up to 100 people were killed; 1922 – Herrin Massacre, June 21–22, Herrin, Illinois (labor massacre) 1922 – Straw Hat Riot, September 13–15, New York City, New York; 1922 – Perry race riot, December 14–15, Perry, Florida
Fastnacht Day (also spelled Fasnacht, or in Pennsylvania German: Faasenacht) is an annual Pennsylvania Dutch celebration that falls on Shrove Tuesday, the day before Ash Wednesday. The word translates to "Fasting Night" or “Almost Night” in English. The tradition is to eat the very best foods, which are part of the German tradition, and ...
Here are fun festivals and events this fall in Knoxville, the Great Smoky Mountains and East Tennessee. ... Location: 525 E. Dumplin Valley Road, Kodak, TN 37764. Dollywood’s Harvest Festival ...
The Appalachian String Band Music Festival (often referred to simply as "Clifftop") is a weeklong gathering of thousands of string band musicians and their friends from across the country and around the world, who each year since 1990 have assembled near the New River Gorge in West Virginia in late July/early August to celebrate the evolving tradition of old-time music and the community of ...
Convention hours are 9 a.m. to midnight Aug. 15; 8 a.m. to midnight Aug. 16 and 17; and 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Aug. 18. Admission is $25 per day or $50 for a four-day pass. For more information or to ...
Basler Fasnacht. The Carnival of Basel ( German: Basler Fasnacht) is the biggest carnival in Switzerland and it is the main Protestant carnival in the world. [ 1] Basler Fasnacht takes place annually between February and March in Basel. It has been listed as one of the top fifty local festivities in Europe.