The Sechselauten, also known as the “Burning of the Böögg,” is Zurich’s traditional spring holiday. This celebration features a massive parade of historic craftsmen’s brotherhoods and culminates with the burning of a giant snowman figure (the Böögg) filled with explosives – a spectacle tied to a local legend that says that the faster the snowman’s head explodes, the better and sunnier the upcoming summer will be.