Obwalden the insider tip

– 22 – CULTURE AND TRADITION “ T R A D I T I O N A L A N D A L I T T L E W I L D ” C U S T OMS , F E S T I VA L S A ND E V E N T S We celebrate festivals as they fall – and after we’ve initiated them. Many of us here in Obwalden are involved in the organisation of events of various kinds. Traditions live on, new ideas – sometimes even crazy ones – take shape, and sport never did us any harm. Many of our events shape the course of the year, including carnival in late winter, a vintage car rally at Whitsun, and fireworks lighting up the midsummer sky at Lungern’s lakeside night festival. Autumn heralds our centuries-old Älplerchilbi festival and awe-inspiring alp transhumances, before we celebrate the arrival of St. Nicholas, also a long-standing tradition, around 6 December. Visitors are always welcome to join us; after all, festivals are nothing without the people who celebrate them.