 A custom in the Avers valley (found also in Bosco/Gurin, Ticino) was to build houses with a "Seelabalga" ("soul-beam").This was a sliding wooden door covering a small round hole through the wall, which was opened to allow the soul of a deceased inhabitant to depart.Avers has an average of 120.2 days of rain per year and on average receives of precipitation.