Sechselauten - Switzerland's Spring Festival
joseph rosendo's travelscope

Fri, Mar 28 7:00 A.M. NH Explore (11.2)  

We find out what Sechselauten really means when we join Joseph on his springtime visit to Zurich, Switzerland. Considered a dry, formal, business town, Zurich casts off the stereotypes and its residents slough off their inhibitions when they welcome spring in celebration with the town's historic medieval trade unions. On parade day Joseph dons a baker's cap and joins the Bakers Guild for a romp through the streets of Zurich to the square where the Bogg (snowman) who, in observation of the end of winter, loses his head in a burst of firecrackers. Once he is engulfed in flames winter is banished and the citizens of Zurich use the glowing embers of his pyre to roast sausages, along with quaffing local wine and partying well into the night.

Duration: 26 minutes and 46 seconds

Episode Number: 607

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Fri, Mar 28 7:00 A.M. Sechselauten - Switzerland's Spring Festival     NH Explore (11.2)

About Joseph Rosendo's Travelscope:

The Daytime Emmy-winning travel series Travelscope- now re-titled JOSEPH ROSENDO'S TRAVELSCOPE- scales new heights of adventure, natural splendor and cultural richness this season.

Host Joseph Rosendo journeys from the California coast to the islands of Hong Kong and to Chile's Tierra del Fuego.

Along the way, he encounters the heights of natural beauty in the Cariboo-Chilcotin Coast region of British Columbia, celebrates Christmas in Switzerland and circumnavigates the tip of South America.

The series' hallmark remains the rich cultural interchanges between Joseph and the local population.

He joins the parade of medieval guilds during Zurich's spring festival, shares devotions with a holy man in a rock-hewn church in Lalibela, Ethiopia and explores the mysteries behind the stone figures on Easter Island.


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Fri, Mar 21 7:00 A.M. Hong Kong - Asia's World City     NH Explore (11.2)
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Tue, Mar 25 10:30 P.M. The Bonin/Ogasawara Islands - A Land Far, Far Away     NH Create (11.4)
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Thu, Mar 27 10:30 P.M. Bhutan - Part 1 - Gross National Happiness     NH Create (11.4)
Fri, Mar 28 7:00 A.M. Sechselauten - Switzerland's Spring Festival     NH Explore (11.2)


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