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Unspunnen festival

Folklore event draws large crowds despite rain.

About 15,000 people turned up for this year’s Unspunnen festival in Interlaken, a feast of folklore featuring alpine wrestling or “schwingen”, dancing in traditional costumes and Swiss folk music. Daniel Bösch from northeastern Switzerland won the most important schwingen competition of the year. (SF/swissinfo.ch)

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