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Swiss National Day (German: Schweizer Bundesfeiertag; French: Fête nationale suisse; Italian: Festa nazionale svizzera; Romansh: Festa naziunala svizra) is the national holiday of Switzerland, set on 1 August. Although the founding of the Swiss Confederacy was first celebrated on this date in 1891 and annually since 1899, it has only been an ...
Yodeling, a grand parade, the Steinstossen contest and lots of great food highlight the 70th Ohio Swiss Festival, which begins Thursday in Sugarcreek.
1 March - Republic Day; 19 March - Saint Joseph's Day; 3 April - Näfels Ride; 18 April - Good Friday; 21 April - Easter Monday; 1 May - International Workers' Day; 29 May - Ascension Day; 9 June - Whit Monday; 19 June - Corpus Christi; 29 June - Saints Peter and Paul; 1 August - Swiss National Day; 15 August - Assumption Day; 11 September ...
The photo is not of a bonfire in Switzerland but of a bonfire in Finland. Lantonov 14:16, 1 August 2007 (UTC) Removed it. 98.210.221.132 00:49, 2 August 2008 (UTC) The following two statements appear contradictory and should be reconciled: "has been an official national holiday since 1994"
This was later made the third Sunday in September but for Geneva, which fixed the day of its own Jeûne genevois. In 1869 Geneva decreed that the holiday was no longer official, but Jeûne genevois was celebrated unofficially until 1965, slowly losing its religious significance. On 1 August 1966 it was again declared a public holiday and the ...
Every year, on a Saturday evening of mid-August, the Geneva Festival presented a grand fireworks display (French: grand feu d'artifice pyromélodique) over Lake Geneva. The event was free although it had a budget of 500,000 to 700,000 Swiss francs . [ 3 ]
Yodeling, a grand parade, the Steinstossen contest and lots of great food highlight the 70th Ohio Swiss Festival, which begins Thursday in Sugarcreek.
National personification: Helvetia [8] [9] Unofficial, but shown on the national currency and stamps: National flower: Edelweiss (Leontopodium nivale) [10] [11] Widely accepted as the Swiss national flower. Has been used on money, rank badges, and insignia and is depicted on the logo of the national tourism organization (myswitzerland.com)