official Brandons website<\/a>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n
What are Brandons?<\/h4>\n
Derived from the German Brand (firebrand), the Brandons are the carnivals of northern Vaud. According to P. Hugger, this festival dates back to the Middle Ages, and was born \u201cout of a need to let off steam before the constraints of Lent\u201d. On the Sunday following Ash Wednesday, bonfires were lit (in the countryside or on hilltops) or torches were lit (in towns), and people danced around them in processions.<\/p>\n
During the Ancien R\u00e9gime, the religious authorities (who took a dim view of carnival festivities) and the political authorities (who feared excesses and fires) regularly tried to put a stop to them. In the 19th century, moralists and progressives (the Brandons were seen as old traditions) tried to put a stop to them.<\/p>\n
By the 1960s, this goal had almost been achieved. But the Brandons of Payerne, Moudon and Yverdon (as well as the carnival of Sainte-Croix – which was \u201cBrandons\u201d until 1946) managed to rise from the ashes during the 1970s and 80s.<\/p>\n
Today, the Brandons seem to be firmly established.
\nWhile each town has its own particularities (Tumulus and Chineuses evening in Payerne, annotated shop windows in Payerne and Moudon, the Brandons foot race in Yverdon, Carnaval radio and giant brooch in Sainte-Croix), the Brandons in the Vaud region at the beginning of the 21st century also have, in addition to the carnival spirit, common elements: 3 days of festivities with fancy-dress processions, various competitions, cacophonous music, floats, satirical newspaper and Bonhomme Hiver to burn.<\/p>\n
In Switzerland, the term \u201cBrandons\u201d is specifically Vaudois and recalls the original form of this festival.<\/p>\n
Citations<\/h3>\n
Vaud, 1597, Bernese ordinance, perhaps concerning Aubonne in particular:<\/p>\n
\u201cItem, ceux qui font les feux de mars \u00e0 la fa\u00e7on des payens, qu’on appelle commun\u00e9ment brandons ou chafferoux, et ceux qui font charivaris, sauvages et aultres desguisements et insollences comme \u00e0 la lev\u00e9e de may… doibvent estre appellez au Consistoire et chastiez\u201d (SCHULE, p.204)<\/p>\n
Vaud, 1640, Loix et ordonnances du Consistoire de la ville de Berne… pour cy apres estre observ\u00e9es tant en la Ville, que au Pays:<\/p>\n
\u201cItemons defend les feux et masquerades payennes qu’on faisoit le jour des Brandons\u201d. (SCHULE, p.204-205)<\/p>\n
In the Canton of Vaud<\/p>\n
Payerne, Moudon, Yverdon, Sainte-Croix (carnival since 1985)<\/p>\n
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