Disc throwing in the Bernau high valley

Fire blazes, sparks fly, glowing discs soar from the slopes of the Bernau high valley. "Schiibi, Schiibo! Whose disc should it go to? It should go to 'the dearest one'! If it doesn't go, then it doesn't count. Schiibi, Schiibo!" The caller swings wide, dedicating his disc to a loved one, and powerfully strikes it over a wooden block into the valley. Glowing, the wooden discs leave their traces in the wintry evening sky. This Black Forest light custom, which bids farewell to winter, is widespread in the Black Forest. A fixed part of the Alemannic Carnival are the disc fires, which blaze in Bernau for a week (except Ash Wednesday), day after day, with glowing discs being hurled into the valley.