Today is the Sechselauten in Switzerland

The Sechseläuten is a traditional holiday in Zürich that usually takes place on the 3rd Monday of April. I’ll let John Mueller explain it in his own way (via Bluesky):

Today’s time for the totall-normal Swiss way of predicting the future:

1. Make a giant statue
2. Fill its head with explosives
3. Put it on a bonfire
4. Ride around wearing funny hats
5. Wait until it explodes
6. Grill sausages on the smoldering body of the statue

The giant statue in question is called the Böögg, and it’s a rag doll figure of a snowman. Sounds like one helluva gender reveal party ever!