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赫尔维蒂(Helvetia)的菲斯娜荷特(Fasnacht)
地方性遗产
您知道西维吉尼亚有当地版的嘉年华会(Mardi
Gras)吗？
在纽奥良开始庆祝圣灰星期三(Ash
Wednesday)及其他地方开始欢度嘉年华之前，西维吉尼亚的赫尔维蒂当地居民已经懂得庆贺菲斯娜荷特。19世纪时，瑞士移民将此庆祝活动带到了赫尔维蒂。菲斯娜荷特是嘉年华及瑞士冬季庆典的综合体。瑞士的冬季庆典上，人们会燃烧冬季老伯(Old
Man Winter)的肖像以加速春天的来临(肖像是某人或某物的模型，一般都是人们厌恶的人或物品)，因而赫尔维蒂的庆典也着重在吓跑冬天。
圣灰星期三的前一个星期六晚上，为了要吓跑冬天老伯，赫尔维蒂的居民会戴上可怕的面具并用可怕的画像装饰住家。然后，所有的人会在当地餐厅聚集并点燃色彩鲜艳的灯笼，再步行到社区会堂。当裁判在评审他们脸上的面具时，他们会在社区会堂内的舞池上游行。他们会舞到半夜，直到小提琴手宣布该是燃烧冬季老伯的时刻了。最秀丽的小女孩会站在最高的男人肩上，剪下挂在屋中的冬季老伯肖像，然后，他们会把肖像拖到雪地中、打碎后丢到营火里，藉以表示冬天退出了！
Did you know that West Virginia has its own version of Mardi Gras?
The period before Ash Wednesday is celebrated in New Orleans and elsewhere as Mardi Gras, but in Helvetia, West Virginia, the local people celebrate Fasnacht. Swiss immigrants brought this celebration to Helvetia in the 19th century. Fasnacht is a combination of the celebrations of Mardi Gras and the Winterfest of Switzerland, where Old Man Winter is burned in effigy to speed up the coming of spring. (An effigy is a crude model of a person or thing, usually someone or something that is disliked.) The focus of the holiday in Helvetia is also on scaring away winter.
On the Saturday night before Ash Wednesday, the people of Helvetia put on scary masks and decorate their homes with scary figures to frighten away Old Man Winter. Then they gather at a local restaurant, light colorful lanterns, and walk to the community hall, where they parade around the dance floor as their masks are judged. They dance until midnight, when the fiddler announces it is time to burn Old Man Winter. The prettiest girl gets on the shoulders of the tallest man and cuts down the effigy of Old Man Winter that is hanging in the middle of the room. They drag it out into the snow, rough it up, and throw it onto a bonfire, showing that it's time for winter to end!
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