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Basel carnival gets underway

This content was published on Mar 6, 2017 Hundreds of costumed bands of musicians and groups pulling large decorative lanterns gathered under this year’s theme of “Mer spränge dr Raame” – or, roughly translated, “we’re blowing things out of proportion”. In all, 482 groups participated, 20 more than last year.  The jokes and decorated lanterns at Fasnacht tend to reflect local and world…