| Show BURN EFFIGY AFTER WINTER SI fr p Custom II Irom 1 still pro preserves sonic In one of ot which Ii Is try the sprIng cia by hy curl Otis a One Ono hardly think that In Much suell n a I hu city Ity Ily nn as It II Itt lI would find titan limo for or up UI u tb II t r an that Ihal mutt must luick I wk to 10 primitive t tImes lines Hut lint u II timmy day it i n sot t 1 apart every ocr year ur for or Ju just t uch uh u a I tOo tho of ot time tho Hoc f traditIonally th lb ot iii f winter It IK lit aIs called 11 ex sIt Ix ringIng cast This hlll year UJ It II wits was decided 1111 to I hold It April 18 TIlt The actual celebration coma com commenced itt t 8 It when tho the national nUon anti cantonal flags Ings were wro ro hoisted on tha tita cathedral Time The festival tK began gan with n a lon of or boyn anti and gIrls toward tho great public square Time The boy boys dreaded SK alt the car on time the portly toy stood tood The welt Vele by 1 In In orator armor members of ot various 1 In their eo cow Cl herd herders ers Ir clowns clowis and others Th h was Vall n it bUK hugi of at wood covered l with cotton oUn wool anti Muffed with crackers gUll Klin LInt powder The wound through time the streets on either side of ot the river and made mado Its II way to the square R The ef of t ngy ng wan rained In on a n high pole hole on it ml built up around It II Time figure emblematic of ot spring rl M lowed and was greeted 1 with whim time the we wel connIng cheers horl of ot the tho throngs throng gathered to wittiest the ceremonies MaIdens in an inappropriate appropriate escorted the trl tn car bearing tOn tho th goddess nf Ot Time Tim elidIng Its march the vas n placed on an tin pile pilI of at wood wool Ail Mt Intermission II In the cern monies occurred o for or lunch In the after afternoon afternoon noon non a II more amoco Important procession nIl unction function took place The Tho cIty guilds In quaint attire formed In lit line member dressed In III the time costume of or hi craft a as al In the tho in CH I oval day daYI Th Thero wore rere ero followed by b ft II long line lino of ot highly float noat the most note nolo noteworthy noteworthy worthy b bInm tho those n representing the tho golden aol and Care and the lh 8 of ot Harvest The Tho played practical rao jokes on each ellch other luring during the tho day When hen the tho 11 reached tho Iho educeD Junto thin tho throng was WOH Immense Un Underneath the stood several m h ready neatly nt nl the tho prearranged signal on 0 tho thu RII ot of 6 C to t blow up 1 tho the rut Urn uro niter after It had bad nd boon set pot 1 on cn 10 fire When tho Iho th sound of lit the explosion lo wai wat h heard ard than tho people cheered for It II was 1111 an Inti that winters reign WA was AJ over and that of lit spring had begun b Run a |
