Carnival brings the whole region into the streets, and makes them quake and shake. What an event! But first it is Liestal's turn, the capital of the adjacent half-canton. On the Sunday before the Basel carnival, the town seems to go up in flames in a spectacular incendiary display, the so-called Chienbäse, when carts piled high with straw are paraded through the streets of the old town and set alight. Its the perfect prelude to the Morgestraich (morning tattoo) at four the next morning, when the lights go out in Basel and the Lady of Misrule takes over the city