{"id":119495,"date":"2021-04-20T12:26:15","date_gmt":"2021-04-20T04:26:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=119495"},"modified":"2021-04-20T12:26:17","modified_gmt":"2021-04-20T04:26:17","slug":"swiss-blow-up-huge-snowman-in-mountains-for-first-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=119495","title":{"rendered":"Swiss blow up huge snowman in mountains for first time"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bssnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Swiss-blow-up-huge-snowman-in-mountains-for-first-time.jpg\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.bssnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Swiss-blow-up-huge-snowman-in-mountains-for-first-time.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>ANDERMATT (Switzerland), April 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) &#8212; A giant snowman brandishing a pitchfork exploded in a blaze of fireworks atop a pyre on a snowy mountain pass named Devil\u2019s Bridge on Monday, the first time the spring festival ceremony has been held outside the Swiss city of Zurich.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That the snowman effigy named Boeoegg blew up fairly quickly was taken to herald a \u201cgreat summer\u201d ahead, a positive outcome after last year\u2019s festivities were cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The burning of Boeoegg \u2014 the climax of Zurich\u2019s traditional spring holiday Sechselaeuten \u2014 is normally held in the city centre, but coronavirus restrictions meant that was not possible this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Instead the snowman was sent 100 kilometres south of Zurich and installed on the famed Devil\u2019s Bridge in Schoellenen Gorge, the site of dramatic battles between French and Russian troops in 1799 during the Napoleonic Wars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Boeoegg \u2014 who represents the evils of winter \u2014 normally holds a broom, but given the bridge\u2019s name, this year he was handed a pitchfork.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Local tradition says that the time between the lighting of Boeoegg\u2019s pyre and the explosion of his fireworks-stuffed head predicts what the coming summer will be like.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This year it took a relatively speedy 12 minutes and 57 seconds, despite the improvised pyre being exposed to freezing cold and wind in the heart of the mountains.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While a decent time, it is still significantly more than the record of five minutes, 42 seconds recorded during a heatwave in 2003.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Boeoegg\u2019s speedy demise prompted debate on local channel TeleZuri, broadcasting the event, with a spectator commenting: \u201cI think it will be a great summer.\u201d &#8212; NNN-AGENCIES<br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ANDERMATT (Switzerland), April 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) &#8212; A giant snowman brandishing a pitchfork exploded in a blaze of fireworks atop a pyre on a snowy mountain pass named Devil\u2019s Bridge on Monday, the first time the spring festival ceremony has been held outside the Swiss city of Zurich. That the snowman effigy named Boeoegg blew up [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":119496,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[209],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119495"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=119495"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119495\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/119496"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=119495"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=119495"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=119495"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}