Everywhere I go there are lots of Swiss people. Here too. But here, we have only Swiss ladies. No Swiss men. I expect they are all busy running banks, making watches, playing alphorns and manufacturing triangular chocolate.
The Swiss ladies here are of a certain age, but that does not stop them from having fun. I can understand television Swiss German, but I cannot understand bunchofhystericalwifiesalltalkingatonce Swiss German, so my eavesdropping expeditions have not harvested anything of interest. So, this little story is based on what they actually told.
Last Friday night was full moon. They put the lights out here at 10pm and I stay on my terrace until the mosquitos have been fed. By 11pm it is really lockdown. When we cam back from the festival, we were chatting to some of the Swiss ladies and they told us about their Full Moon Party.
And this is what the Swiss ladies did. Just before midnight, they went down onto the beach and drew a spiral in the sand. They then summoned the energy of the full moon with rattles and drums. Some full moon incantations were sung and they spent some time on a big rock "absorbing the powerful energy of the full moon." After that they bathed in the sea. Naked, they said.
Next time you are in Switzerland, if you see a spiral drawn in the snow at full moon, you'll know what's up.
The Swiss ladies here are of a certain age, but that does not stop them from having fun. I can understand television Swiss German, but I cannot understand bunchofhystericalwifiesalltalkingatonce Swiss German, so my eavesdropping expeditions have not harvested anything of interest. So, this little story is based on what they actually told.
Last Friday night was full moon. They put the lights out here at 10pm and I stay on my terrace until the mosquitos have been fed. By 11pm it is really lockdown. When we cam back from the festival, we were chatting to some of the Swiss ladies and they told us about their Full Moon Party.
And this is what the Swiss ladies did. Just before midnight, they went down onto the beach and drew a spiral in the sand. They then summoned the energy of the full moon with rattles and drums. Some full moon incantations were sung and they spent some time on a big rock "absorbing the powerful energy of the full moon." After that they bathed in the sea. Naked, they said.
Next time you are in Switzerland, if you see a spiral drawn in the snow at full moon, you'll know what's up.
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