Popular customs and festivals in Switzerland
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St. Antönien (Graubünden)
Engadin (Graubünden)
The first of March used to be the date public offices were appointed in many regions of the Graubünden. Today, it is the day of the largest children's festival in the Engadine and a few other valleys (Val Mustair, Bregaglia, Oberhalbstein).
Poschiavo (Graubünden)
On a sunny Sunday in May - weather permitting - the schoolchildren of the Reformed school in Poschiavo are accompanied by many grownups on a hike to the chapel on the Selva Alpine meadow, a good hour's hike from the village.
Scuol (Graubünden)
In the morning of the first Saturday in February, the older schoolchildren meet at the village square in Scuol to build the Hom Strom, or man of straw. They twist together thick strands of rye which has been hand-threshed and especially prepared for this purpose.
