So, I'm going to preface this with an apology in case I forget the umlaut for the o's later on. I'm rather enthusiastic about this though, because I find this absolutely awesome.
I'm going to tell you about the Böögg, which is part of the spring festival in Zurich. There are theories that the idea of bogeyman comes from this, but that's for a different day. Right now, I just want to tell you about why you really should go to Zurich for the spring festival, known as Sechseläuten. The Böögg is a representative of winter and is burned to herald the starting of the spring festival and season.
That marker is very important for two reasons. One, the speed of the fire tells about the summer weather, so the faster it goes, the warmer the summer. Two, the head is full of fireworks and will explode. The record, from what I have found, is 5 minutes and 42 seconds, predicting an extremely hot summer correctly.
There is a lot more to the festival, and a lot of history that I skipped over, but...I figured that the burning and exploding snowman was enough to convince you that you might want to investigate further, if you're interested. If you're not, I hope this at least interested you. Have fun, and let me know if you go to investigate this, because I'd love to have a review of the exploding snowman of spring.
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