Eis-zwei-Geissebei

Eis-zwei-Geissebei is a Carnival festival held in Rapperswil (Switzerland) on Shrove Tuesday.

At that time, compassionate citizens served food to hungry children through the windows of their houses, to which the current practice recalls.

After the traditional "Herrenessen" (dinner of the council members) in the Rathaus Rapperswil and cabaret program with distinguished guests, hundreds of children gather in the main square on Shrove Tuesday.

A council member asks, “Sind alli mini Buebe doo?” (Swiss German: Are all my boys here?

), whereupon sausages, bread rolls and Biberli (a sweet) are dropped down to the children on the Hauptplatz (main square).

Guggenmusik bands on Hauptplatz
People celebrating the festival on the Hauptplatz (main square), Rapperswil Castle in the background