“Flinserl” are the spring figures of the Ausseer carnival.
The clothes of the Flinserl are made of natural linen and embroidered with colourful figurative and ornamental patches.
Between the figurative depictions are colourful rhombuses and ornaments.
The colourful patches are embroidered with silver sequins (Flinserl).
The Moor’s head that is known from Venice is found on many antique Flinserl costumes and is particularly striking.
The splendid costumes are said to have come from Venice to Bad Aussee with the salt trading.
To make such a precious costume, a housewife takes 1 to 1.5 years, if she consequently works on it for one hour a day. Altogether 400 to 500 hours of work are needed and 100 to 120 costumes exist.
The actual Flinserl parade takes place annually on Shrove Tuesday on 2.00 p.m. Starting from “Blaue Traube” guesthouse the parade headed by the Flinserl band finds it way through the village centre to Kurhausplatz square. Numerous spectators watch this parade.
Eventually the parade disperses and the “Flinserl” are surrounded by children, who loudly shout out their traditional “Flinserl” sayings (coarse quatrains) and who are given nuts and sweets.
The “Zacherl” figure keeps an eye on adults who are not supposed to get the kids’ sweets.
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