page_title: Liestal
section_title: Customs
hierarchical_section_title: Liestal / Customs
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Liestal: Chienbäse-Umzug am Fasnachtssonntag Français&#160;: Défilé au flambeaux du Chienbäse à Liestal
context_page_description: Liestal, formerly spelled Liesthal, is the capital of Liestal District and the canton of Basel-Landschaft in Switzerland, 17 km south of Basel.
  Liestal is an industrial town with a cobbled-street Old Town.
  The official language of Liestal is German, but the main spoken language is the local variant of the Alemannic Swiss German dialect.
context_section_description: On the Sunday night after Mardi Gras, Chienbäse is celebrated with a spectacular parade and bonfires, from which the celebration takes its name. The tradition goes back at least to the 16th century. Other towns in the neighborhood also celebrate in a similar manner.
  Other local festivals are the following:
  Santichlaus-Ylüüte
  Banntag
caption: Chienbäse
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