Analysis of Swiss Tunnel Opening Ceremony

Now first things first, let's talk about what this actually is.

In twenty sixteen Switzerland, the world's largest and deepest tunnel

was built,

spanning thirty-five point four miles and one point four miles deep.

There was a lot of hype around this tunnel being as it passes through the Swiss

Alps and makes the journey from Switzerland, Germany, Italy

and France a lot

quicker. The strange part about this tunnel

was the opening ceremony,

which didn't take too long as I was watching it to realize that this

was a bit

weird.

Now I'm not gonna go through the entire ceremony as that would take over an hour.

But I have a few bullet points and spots in the video

that I'd like to discuss.

So first things first, this ceremony was put on in Switzerland for the opening

of

the tunnel. World leaders from all over Europe,

mostly leaders from Germany, France

and Italy were invited, which makes sense being as that's who this

tunnel would

affect most. But it also seemed to spook a lot of

people, and I can kinda

understand why once it gets going.

One thing to note before the ceremony began, the tunnel was blessed by a priest,

and then right after that, this satanic display arose.

So the first thing we have here is a large group of people walking into

the center

of the tunnel almost like they're dazed or under the control of the music.

The way they walk has been likened to a zombified state by pretty much anyone who

did touch on this video.

Now the first part of this isn't so bad, just a choreographed dance put on by

people dressed up as construction workers.

Sure, the music's a bit dark, but overall nothing too weird yet.

At about five minutes in, the construction workers become a bit

manic like they

don't know what they're doing, and then right after that,

this last train cart

brings in a group of people who are dressed in more revealing clothing.

After this, another cart is rolled in with what people refer to as

demonic

creatures and then with them is a goat man who typically represents

Satan

in ancient scribbles.

As I was watching through this with my friend, the thoughts in my head were, "All

of this for a tunnel?" But don't worry, it gets a lot stranger than this.

At around fourteen minutes, we see this goat is being worshipped

and people are

bringing him offerings of trees, which I guess are

upside-down trees. Now I never knew this, but apparently this

symbolizes an upside-down cross or the tree of death which really does

fit the theme here. When I was watching this part

and thinking about it

artistically, I imagined that maybe this was supposed to be some

depiction of

hell or a dark world or something like that.

Right after that, though, this man gets on a stage

and sings in gibberish and he

even speaks in gibberish. It's kinda like he's calling for Satan,

and

Satan does respond.

The severed head is then put on a body of a woman, and the first train makes its

way through the tunnel. Now if that was it, fine.

It's freaking strange, but the next half of this display actually

takes

place outside. This is the part that was kinda odd to me.

I mean, fine, you made art. Cool. But to sit everyone down inside the

tunnel and then put on half of the performance and then to have everyone move

outside to complete it, I mean, that's just a lot of effort over a tunnel

opening

ceremony, right? I mean, most of these things

are as simple as cutting a ribbon,

crowd cheers and now the tunnel's open and everyone can go on about their day.

But whatever, let's move on to the second part.

So here we are in part two. Everyone's gone outside,

and we start off again with a

large group of construction workers walking in a daze as though again they're

being

controlled by the music. They make their way up to this platform

where a giant

screen sits, and once they get up there, the workers start climbing up the wall

and removing rock to form this tunnel.

Instead of opening a tunnel, they seem to open up a portal.

Did I mention too that the music is really setting the tone for all this as

well?

It just kinda blew me away how organized all this was.

It's at this point that the three men who sacrificed

themselves turn into three

spirits and float above the scene with an all-seeing eye and a group of

followers underneath who grab their long horns and start playing.

And right after this, Satan returns, and at this point

it kinda makes sense why the first half of this performance was inside.

It could have been a metaphor for Satan leaving his world and entering

ours which--

what the hell?

This whole show is just straight up weird. This isn't some sideshow.

This was the opening ceremony for a train tunnel.

And right after Satan comes, you have these demonic creatures again

and those three

men who turned into three ghosts now seem to have reincarnated into

three scarabs. Maybe they were all never the same thing,

but the number three

shows up a lot in this video.

What seems to be Satan's bride enters the stage with a pregnant belly and another

young goat-headed man, and this kinda becomes a mess of chaotic

representation of a

modern world. They even put political heads in suits

and walked them down the aisle

that Satan was on.

This whole ceremony reminds me of what I read from Roman celebrations or depictions

of ancient civilizations that predicted the future to be an evil,

materialistically driven chaotic one where people will lose touch with

themselves so much that they can no longer think for

themselves and are led by

evil without even realizing it had taken them.

Then just like nothing happened, at the very end everyone's happy

and celebrates

the tunnel and goes home.