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The sound that drives Basel’s Fasnacht

It’s Fasnacht in Basel. For three days and nights numerous carnival groups parade through the streets. Many pick a subject that made the news during the past year. On the first day the carnival brass band Glaibasler Schränz-Brieder presented their theme to the public: Michael Jackson’s Thriller. (Michele Andina, swissinfo.ch)

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A documentary and animation filmmaker from Bern, Michele studied film at Zurich University of the Arts. He's been a swissinfo.ch video journalist since 2004 and has a special interest in developing new video formats for mobile viewing, mixing animation and documentary styles.

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