The Flinserl are the spring figures of the Aussee carnival. Starting from the gathering place Gasthof "Blaue Traube", the procession, led by the Flinserl music and protected by the Zacherl, goes in closed formation and under the eyes of many thousands of spectators, from one end of the village to the other and finally back to the village center.
The Flinserl are the spring figures of the Aussee carnival. They are dressed in wonderful clothes and hand out sweets and fruits to the children. The Flinserl dresses are made of natural linen and embroidered with colorful cloth patches in figural and ornamental style. The most wonderful figures, such as traditional costume couple, dragon, harlequin, Punch and many others, represent the figural representations. In particular, it is the Moor's head, so well known from Venice, which can be found on almost every Flinserl garment. Between the figural representations, rhombs and ornaments entwine in colorful variety. The colorful cloth patches are in turn embroidered over and over with silver sequins (silver plates). To make such a precious dress, a housewife, if she consistently works on it for 1 hour a day, needs between 1 and 1 ½ years; thus between 400 and 500 working hours. In total, there are about 100 to 120 garments. The actual Flinserlzug takes place every year on Shrove Tuesday at 2 pm. Starting from the collection point Gasthof "Blaue Traube", the procession, led by the Flinserl music and protected by the Zacherl, proceeds in closed formation and under the eyes of many thousands of spectators, from one end of town to the other and finally back to the town center. Finally, the procession disperses and the children gather around the Flinserl, shouting loudly and reciting their traditional Flinserl sayings, begging for sweets, nuts and fruit from the Flinserl.