Hornungiyar Alpine ko Alforn a cikin Switzerland, Yana da kayan kida na asali na al'adun Switzerland. Kasancewar sanannu ne tun zamanin da. Sau da yawa wannan kayan aikin yana da mahimmanci ga rayuwar makiyaya ta Switzerland. Shekaru daga baya lokacin da harkar soyayyar ta fashe a cikin s. XIX, kuma daga baya tare da haɓakar yawon buɗe ido da kasuwanci a cikin s. XX, ƙaho na Faransa na tsaunukan Alps ya sake farfadowa kuma ya sami wuri cikin tatsuniya da al'adun Switzerland.
Theahon Alpine kayan aiki ne da aka yi da itacen halitta. Bututu ne wanda zai iya zama mita ɗaya da rabi ko ma tsawon mita uku, tare da bututun ƙarfe da ƙarshen zagaye. Anyi amfani da wanzuwar kahon mai tsayi tun daga cikin s. XVI, an sami hotonsa a cikin tsofaffin zane kuma an binne shi a cikin tsofaffin gidajen gona. Makiyayan Switzerland sun yi amfani da kututtukan Alps don tsara shanu, suna kiwon su kuma suna motsa su.
Amma wannan kayan aikin sun shiga cikin wasu al'adun gargajiya da na addini. Kowane gidan makiyayi yana da akwati mai tsayi, domin wannan ita ce hanya mafi inganci ta sadarwa da dabbobi. amma kuma tare da mutanen yankin. Ya kasance kamar tarho mafi ɗanɗano.
A halin yanzu amfani da shi na sadarwa ba shi da ma'ana, kodayake, An dawo da akwatin Alps saboda kida da almara na ƙasar kuma a yau shi kansa yana da kyakkyawar sha'awar yawon buɗe ido wanda ke bayyane ko'ina.