I'm not sure this sort of thing happens anywhere in the UK these days. We live in a tiny town called Kaiseraugst and like many other Swiss towns it's carnival time (Basel's Fasnacht takes place next weekend for three days!). Here local groups of friends dress up in outlandish costumes and have a parade - nothing surprising there. But in the evening groups then go round various meeting points (some of which are obvious like hotels but some are mysterious cellars that only act as hosts on Fasnacht night) and sing, do satirical sketches (on world wide and local issues) or, as this group shows, play music (the young lads seen here at Gasthof Adler) - still in their costumes. This went on all last night and in a town where everyone knows everyone else who has lived there all their lives it's when you realise you're a visitor, even when you've been here three years. Great fun though!
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