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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