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Smit & Palarczyk > [SWITZER.JURA 6326] 'Still going strong.' After a full night of drumming and piping during the carnival in Basel these two people are still going strong. The man in the background however has decided to get some sleep now that the sun is shining again. Photo Paul Smit.
Smit & Palarczyk > [SWITZER.JURA 6326] 'Carnival in surreal surroundings.' A family of clowns and other strange folk entering the Theater Passage during the carnival in Basel. Photo Paul Smit.
Smit & Palarczyk > [SWITZER.JURA 6325] 'Nightfall during carnival in Basel.' Carnival continues day and night for 72 hours in Basel. One of the great moments each day is just after sunset along the Rhine (Rhein). It's the fairy tale hour. Photo Paul Smit.
Smit & Palarczyk > [SWITZER.JURA 6357] 'It's great to be with my mom.' Tuesday is children's carnival during the Basler Fasnacht. Then the children rule and the parents obey. Photo Paul Smit.
Smit & Palarczyk > [SWITZER.JURA 6336] 'Female piper.' Since the seventies women can participate in the Basler Fasnacht, the carnival of Basel. But only in their own Cliques (bands), not in the traditional ones. Photo Paul Smit.
Smit & Palarczyk > [SWITZER.JURA 6329] 'Fool at the Rhine.' Along the Rhine (Rhein) the Basler Fasnacht (carnival of Basel) lives through some its most beautiful moments when the sun sets behind the Münster church. I followed this fool for half an hour when he walked through the old streets, along the river and over the bridges. He didn't stop piping. As a real Basler he knew what Fasnacht was about: scaring the winter away! Photo Paul Smit.
Smit & Palarczyk > [SWITZER.JURA 6324] 'Lone harlequin.' During the Basler Fasnacht (carnival in Basel) a lone harlequin plays the piccolo at moonlight. Although being a harlequin, he doesn't have the standard harlequin face. He wears a Larve as everybody else, a rude kind of mask, but yet adopted to the harlequin character. Photo Paul Smit.
Smit & Palarczyk > [SWITZER.JURA 6318] 'Whistling Old spinsters.' During the Basler Fasnacht (carnival in Basel) two Alti Dantes (old spinsters) pipe while walking along the Rhine. Mind you, in daily life they are a couple. You can see the beard of the man, at right. Why do people pipe during the carnival - very loud, high pitched and seemingly chaotic - often for more then an hour in a row without stopping? That's what carnival, in its heathen origins, is all about: scaring away the winter! Photo Paul Smit.
Smit & Palarczyk > [SWITZER.JURA 6317] 'Old spinsters along the Rhine.' During the Basler Fasnacht (carnival in Basel) two Alti Dantes (old spinsters) pipe along the Rhine. Mind you, in daily life they are a couple. The man is at right. Photo Paul Smit.
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'Still going strong.'

After a full night of drumming and piping during the carnival in Basel these two people are still going strong. The man in the background however has decided to get some sleep now that the sun is shining again. Photo Paul Smit.
Smit & Palarczyk > [SWITZER.JURA 6326] 'Still going strong.' After a full night of drumming and piping during the carnival in Basel these two people are still going strong. The man in the background however has decided to get some sleep now that the sun is shining again. Photo Paul Smit.
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'Still going strong.'

After a full night of drumming and piping during the carnival in Basel these two people are still going strong. The man in the background however has decided to get some sleep now that the sun is shining again. Photo Paul Smit.
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