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Carnival parade rates local villages according to Moody's criteria

Anyone looking at the colourful masked figures as they walked in procession through Morgarten on Saturday might have thought they were wayward protesters from WEF in Davos, though, curiously enough, there is a tenuous link.
 
It is part of the tradition of the annual Fasnacht processions (this one in Morgarten is one of the first of the season) that locals make fun of topical international, national and local issues.
 
One float from Haselmatt, for example, showed the "burial" of the CHF11-million project to upgrade the lakeside area in Oberägeri, which was rejected in a referendum because of the cost.
 
Even the attempt by English-speaking expatriates to have the bells on a neighbouring house in the Hagen district of Oberägeri silenced was the subject of another float. The writing in rhyme on the side of the parade waggon said, "Newcomers to international Hagen find ringing bells a pain". Then, leading carnival jester Raphael Isabel, surrounded by two maids of honour, Rebecca Hotz and Andrea Hengeller, said, in rhyming Swiss German, how sad it was that the demand by a couple of "deranged newcomers" to the area meant that the silencing of bells had actually become a topic of conversation in the area. He went on to say that, in his opinion, and in the opinion of everyone else, the bells should continue to ring out.
 
For its part, the Neuhof float exhibited a huge revolving 5-franc coin, representing the strength of the Swiss currency. Then, in a humorous reference to Moody's credit ratings, various municipalities in the area were assessed accordingly, with Morgarten getting AAA+  with a positive outlook, Oberägeri also triple A status, Sattel BBB but stable, Rothenbaum B minus with a negative outlook, and Alosen worst of all with ZZ and a negative outlook.
 
Another float related to the centenary of the publication of the Schweizer Illustrierte news and gossip magazine depicting some prominent women taking cocaine.
 
After the procession and all the theatrics, the participants then headed for sustenance in the restaurants, with bags of sweets, oranges, sausages and bread handed out to the children.
 
And it is still three weeks till Shrove Tuesday on 21st February!

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