Fountain Flowers is a photograph by Nando Lardi which was uploaded on April 14th, 2019.
Fountain Flowers
Each spring, the festival of Sechselauten takes place in Zurich. Oddly enough it celebrates LONGER working hours possible in spring, when daylight... more
by Nando Lardi
Title
Fountain Flowers
Artist
Nando Lardi
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Each spring, the festival of "Sechselauten" takes place in Zurich. Oddly enough it celebrates LONGER working hours possible in spring, when daylight stretches the working day from five to six o'clock. All of this makes sense when one considers that Zurich is the birthplace of Huldrych Zwingli and the cradle of the protestant work ethic. Nevertheless, on this special day, the whole city takes (half) a day off and celebrates the arrival of spring by burning an effigy of a snowman filled with firecrackers until it explodes - the faster it blows up the better the summer. This, of course is all done by dozens of traditionally clothed guildsmen after the whole city is drowned in parades, amusement park attractions, and, most of all, flowers - here a detailed view of one of the many potable water fountains in the city covered with a floral bouquet of colorful Gerber daisies.
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April 14th, 2019
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Jan Mulherin
Congratulations!! This stunning image has been selected to be featured for the week in the “Art for Ever with You” Group Home Page. You are welcome to add a preview of this featured image to the group’s discussion post titled “2019 July: Stunning Group Featured Images and Thank-you’s” for a permanent display within the group, to share this achievement with others. Also feel free to post your feature on our group Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/296998814248643/ Thank you for your participation in the group! ~Jan (July 22, 2019)
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