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Zurich, Switzerland

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Daniel Bollag23-Sep-2013 10:18
On November 11th each year, Paul, a lot of musicians (mainly hobbyists, but also professionals) start at—exactly!—11 minutes after 11 am a wonderful and (at least for a *Swiss* city ;-)) enormously noisy concert in which every group (which you can tell apart by the costumes they wear) plays after a while something different and more often than not (on purpose) just slightly out of tune... The very attractive «performances» spread later all over the center of the city and last for 24 hours. It's called the «Beginning of Carnival»; but, then, you have to wait—like everybody else—until February for continuation... Difficult to explain in a few words, but be assured: it' a hell of a lot of fun! And it might change your idea on how we Swiss are!! ~ db.
Canon Image Challenge21-Sep-2013 12:13
It's like most of the people in the scene has a musical instrument of some type. What is this event? Paul
Daniel Bollag13-Sep-2013 16:16
Thank you, Ken, for your kind words! ~ db.
Canon Image Challenge13-Sep-2013 12:29
I like it, db. Each face tells a different story. - Ken