Valais – the land of contrasts

Surely that poster from the late 1940s designed by Herbert Libiszewski for the Union Valaisanne du Tourisme, which not only brings good cheer but thanks to the Lötschentaler mask also exudes the most local color.

Switzerland includes the craft as well as the custom – the carved faces of the wild Tschäggättä carnival figures, which in February parade through the villages of the Lötschental to drive away winter – on its list of intangible cultural heritage.

possibly also of interest – completely different masks, by Otto Baumberger:
Masked ball at the Baur au Lac | Zurich