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Cultural Events in Germany, Austria, Switzerland
By Jes Baldeweg-Rau
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German Cultural Events
Berlinale Film Festival: it is one of the world's leading film festivals.
Octoberfest: is a 16-18 day beer festival held yearly in Munich.
Love Parade: called the "world's largest techno music festival and free party.”
Besides techno music, there is also usually a lot of nudity, free spirited sexual adventures in public places and quite a bit of "general-purpose partying."
Frankfurt's Book Fair: is the world's largest trade fair for books.
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Berlinale Film Festival
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Oktoberfest in Munich
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Austrian Cultural Events
The Vienna New Years Concert: The Vienna Philharmonic plays concert of classical music each year on New Years.
Narcissus Festival: the biggest flower parade in Austria.
"All Saint′s Day": takes place on October 31st as day to commemorate the dead.
Krampustag: this is the day on which young man dress up in fur, devi′s masks and get oxen tails and bundles of branches as weapons
"Glöckler": Young men dressed up in white trousers and dress with large crest-hat decorations that are lit up from the inside and they walk from one door to another.
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The Vienna New Years Concert
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Swiss Cultural Events
Silvesterkläuse: They wear masks and costumes with huge cowbells back and front and carry enormous headdresses depicting typical local scenes
Tschäggätta tradition: Young unmarried men and boys roam the streets of the villages of the valley, wearing demonic masks and tunics made of goat skin.
Sechseläuten festival: include the burning of an effigy known as the Böögg and a parade of children.
Chästeilet: owners of cheese producing cows hold a ceremony at which they share their cheese with one another.
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Sechseläuten Festival
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Quiz Questions
Approximately how many days does Oktoberfest last for in Munich?
During the Tschäggätta tradition what type of people are wearing demon masks and goat skin?
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Answers
16-18 days
Young and unmarried Swiss men
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Work sited
http://german.about.com/library/blbraeuche.htm
http://www.mapsofworld.com/world-top-ten/world-top-ten-feature-film-production-map.html
http://www.myswissalps.com/switzerland/switzerland-language.asp?lang=EN