Carnival at Nidwalden

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Parade on dirty Thursday in Stans, 2022
Photo: Caroline Pirskanen

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Parade on dirty Thursday in Stans, 2022
Photo: Caroline Pirskanen

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Parade on dirty Thursday in Stans, 2020
Photo: Christina Bucher

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Parade on dirty Thursday in Stans, 2020
Photo: Christina Bucher

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Parade on dirty Thursday in Stans, 2020
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Parade on dirty Thursday in Stans, 2020

Photo: Christina Bucher

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Carnival in Canton Nidwalden is characterised by colourful parades, loud guggen street music and exuberant merrymaking. The run-up to carnival begins in January in the form of pre-carnival parties.

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Pre carnival 2023

Sa, 07.01.2023: GuggUp Carneval-Start in Hergiswil
Planet Schärbähufä Hergiswil
Vorfasnacht Chatzemuisig
Fri, 10.02.23: Schluchtiball Ennetmoos, Ennetmoos
Sat, 11.02.23: Guugenüberfall Stans, village centre Stans
Sa, 11.02.2023: LKF-Fasnachtsmäärt (Carneval-Market) in Lucerne at 11:00 - 23:00 o'clock
Sun, 12.02.2023: Public rehearsal Lopper-Gnome, 13.30 p.m. - 05.00 p.m., Hergiswil

Carnival 2023

Sa, 11.02.2023: Guggenüberfall Stans
Thu, 16.02.23 ("Schmudo"): Stans, village centre
05.30 a.m. Big Bang
2.15 p.a. carnival parade
fR, 17.02.2023: Familienfasnachtsball, Stans 14.00 Uhr (Family-Carneval)
Mon, 20.02.2023 ("Güdis Monday"): Kinderfasnacht Hergiswil
Kinderfasnacht Stans: 14.00 Uhr Kinderumzug
Sat, 26.02.22: Kinderfasnacht, Beckenried, 3 p.m.
Schränzernacht, Beckenried
Tue, 21.02.2023 ("Güdis Tuesday"): Kinderfasnacht Dallenwil, 13.00 Uhr
Uislumpete Dallenwil, 20.00 Uhr
Uislumpätä Buochs, 17.30 Uhr
Häxäverbrennätä Stans, 23.00 Uhr
Uislumpätä, Beckenried

History

Originally, people celebrated carnival to banish the evil demons of winter with loud music and disguises.

From Big Bang to fasting

The carnival week proper starts early in the morning on Schmutzig Thursday with the Urknall (Big Bang – literally a loud explosion), at which point the guggen street musicians gathered on the village square start their cacophony, all playing at the same time. Carnival is celebrated throughout the region during the ensuing days. And because, a few days later, Ash Wednesday marks the start of Lent and fasting, the revellers indulge in much feasting. Golden-brown fried chneublätze wafers, ziegerkrapfen goat's cheese fritters and schenkeli biscuits are popular carnival treats.