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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The sound of the alphorn lures aspiring musicians of all skill levels up into the mountains – and lungs like bellows aren’t a requirement.
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But an exhibition called Traditional Swiss Costumes on the Catwalk at the Swiss history museum in the same town takes a longer term view of Swiss traditional costume. The festival will reflect most people’s idea of what folk costume is: colourful dresses, often featuring contrasting aprons and bodices, puff sleeves, shawls and kerchiefs, striking headgear,…
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