Each canton’s profile contains information on their intangible heritage activities, the importance of their living traditions as well as existing and future plans to promote their continued survival.
This information is currently available in Switzerland’s four national languages. By clicking on the appropriate link, visitors can view the page content in their preferred language.
Traditions
- Animal husbandry and cow fighting
- Avalanche risk management*
- Belle Epoque excursions in the Lake Geneva region
- Collecting and cultivating of wild plants
- Cooperatives in Valais
- Corpus Christi in Savièse
- Epighany singing
- Fifes and drums in the canton of Valais
- Italianità in Valais
- Lower Valais patois
- Raclette as a social event
- Secret
- Tschäggättä
Contact
Dienststelle für Kultur VS