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01/03/2010 | Switzerland 1st March
Just across the border in LENZERHEIDE.

Chalandamarz, the festival for local schoolchildren, dates all the way back to when the Romans used to rule Raetia. The custom is celebrated on 1 March as, according to the Roman calendar (Calendae Martii), March is the start of the year. Even today young boys and girls take part in the Chalandamarz procession through the streets and alleys with sleighbells and cowbells combined with colourfully decorated vehicles. The idea behind it is to drive out the evil winter ghosts with spring songs. Girls adorned with colourful paper flowers hand out favetta (Vaz specialities) and flowers to welcome the arrival of spring. During the course of the procession, the schoolchildren collect money from the locals and visitors which is then used to help pay for school trips.

LENZERHEIDE is also a picturesque alpine town that's well worth a visit.

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