The Palp Festival wins the 2022 Mountain Prize
With concerts, exhibitions and culinary events, the event attracts 35,000 visitors each year to various locations in Lower Valais.
Among the events offered by the Palp Festival is the Rocklette, which combines raclette and rock concert, here in August 2019 at the Mauvoisin dam in the Val de Bagnes (archive photo).
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The Palp Festival wins the 2022 Mountain Prize, endowed with 40,000 francs. The Valais event is distinguished both for its festival and for its “Palp Village”, located in Bruson.
With concerts, exhibitions and culinary events, the team of 14 people around Sébastien Olesen revives the traditions and cultural heritage of mountain regions, the organizers of the Prix Montagne said in a press release on Tuesday. The Palp Festival attracts 35,000 visitors each year to various locations in Lower Valais.
The “Palp Village”, located in Bruson in the Val de Bagnes, aims to create a cultural and tourist center in collaboration with the local population.
For former skier and jury president Bernhard Russi, the Palp “can really serve as a model for other initiatives. The Swiss mountain world is full of traditions that can be valued in similar projects and undertakings”.
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The Prix Montagne du public and its 20,000 francs goes to the company of natural and artisanal cosmetic products from the Bernese Oberland Puralpina. The flagship product of this family business from Frutigen is the “Murmeli” (marmot) herbal ointment. More than 7,000 people took part in the online vote.
The Mountain Prize, awarded by the Swiss Group for Mountain Regions (SAB) and the Swiss Mountain Aid, was awarded for the 12th time. It rewards projects and companies in mountain regions that have been economically successful and contribute to the creation of value, employment and economic diversity. A total of 54 projects have been submitted for the 2022 edition.
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