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55th Shepherd festival on Gemmi,
Sunday, 29st July 2012
At 11:30 a.m. on the last Sunday of July, the quiet landscape around the Daubensee is suddenly filled with life. About 800 sheep converge to the lakeside.
The annual shepherd festival starts when the shepherds and a multitude of people from Bern and the Valais meet for a casual one-day get-together.
Contact Information
Leukerbad Tourismus 3954 Leukerbad Tel. +41 (0)27 472 71 71 Fax +41 (0)27 472 71 51 info@leukerbad.ch
The farmers arrive throughout the morning with their sheep and keep them back until the "Gläck" - a mixture of bran and salt - is scattered. It is a special delicacy for the sheep. The animals rush down the steep slopes in a frenzy.
The shepherd festival is also an opportunity for shepherds and farmers to meet in a friendly atmosphere. Although they live only a few kilometres apart, they are also separated by high mountains and inaccessible terrain. Keeping the friendship alive between the neighbours from the Valais and the Bernese Oberland beyond the Gemmi pass is the ultimate goal of this meeting. That is the way it has been since 1957: original, friendly, spectacular and still a new experience every time.
Info
Program Sunday, 29st July 2012:
06:00 - 09:30: Breakfast on the Gemmi
09:30: Mess on the Gemmi, by the Daubensee (lake Dauben)
11:30: spreading out the "Gläck" (salt and bran) to the 800 sheep
14:00: tug of war between Berne-Valais, fantastic prices to win!
(interested people can subscribe directly by Monica Duran, phone +41 (0)79 418 84 73)
Information by doubtful weather: Phone 1600 (canton Valais 027 - public events 5) from 06:00.
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 Mond -11°
 Tues -9°
Wedn -7°
Gift vouchers
The superb idea for a gift to suit each cause for celebration:
is a gift voucher from Leukerbad Tourism, the value of which you can choose (e.g. CHF 300)
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