Emmental alpine descent
Overview
Intro
The Emmental Alpabfahrt celebrates the return of the summered cattle in the villages of Sumiswald and Wasen with a traditional alpine cattle drive.
The cattle drives in the municipality of Sumiswald are always extremely popular. In the villages of Sumiswald and Wasen, the return of the summered cattle is celebrated with a traditional Alpine descent on the Friday before the day of prayer.
The shepherd families approach the villages with their 850 or so cattle, lovingly garlanded with flowers, to the sound of bells ringing and interspersed with whooping. The cattle, beautifully groomed, with flowers around their foreheads and bellies and embroidered straps with bells and trychels around their necks, are the pride and joy of the farming families.
Program:
approx. 07.30 a.m. Start of the Alpine procession at the Alpine farms
approx. 08.00 a.m. - 12.30 p.m. march through at the Rest. Hornbach-Pinte
approx. 08.30 a.m. - 12.30 p.m. Procession through the village of Wasen i.E.
approx. 09.00 - 13.00 Marching through the wall (between Sumiswald and Wasen)
approx. 09.00 - 13.00 Alpine procession through the village of Sumiswald
The exact times cannot be defined, there may be delays
Further information can be found on the website: http://www.emmentaler-alpabfahrt.ch/Startseite/
| Contact address |
Peter Gygax
Präsident Organisationskomitee Emmentaler Alpabfahrt 079 502 59 98 |
|---|---|
| Location |
3454 Sumiswald Switzerland |
| Event Homepage | http://emmentaler-alpabfahrt.ch/Startseite/ |
| Video | http://www.youtube.com/v/YHm1msGHQ1M |
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Event dates
- 18 September 2026