The origins of the Tschäggättä tradition remain shrouded in mystery, but the art of mask making is alive and well.
In his tiny workshop, Albert Ebener has been making masks for half a century. Today, as he carefully cuts and carves the wood, a terrifying face begins to emerge.
On the walls around Albert, masks made by his father and grandfather, complete with real teeth and hair, stare balefully down.
"I think it was probably a pagan ritual," he says. "Something to do with the sun, and chasing winter away."
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