Sechseläutenplatz (Zürich)

Switzerland / Zurich / Zürich
Zurich's largest square. Following the parade of the Zünfte, the climax of the holiday is the burning of Winter in effigy, in the form of the Böögg, a figure of a snowman prepared with explosives. The custom of burning a ragdoll called Böögg predates the Sechseläuten. A Böögg (cognate to bogey) was originally a masked character doing mischief and frightening children during the carnival season.
Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sechseläutenplatz,_Zürich
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Coordinates:   47°21'57"N   8°32'46"E
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