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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 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 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.
Smit & Palarczyk > [SWITZER.JURA 6303] 'Guggemusiker.' During the Basler Fasnacht (carnival of Basel) a Clique (group) of Guggemusiker (brassband players) crosses the Rhine. Photo Paul Smit.
Smit & Palarczyk > [SWITZER.JURA 6300] 'Morgestraich.' Morgestraich, the start of the Basler Fasnacht (carnival of Basel) at four o'clock on a Monday morning. At that moment all street and shop lights are turned off. It is silent. And then this incredible noise breaks loose, consisting of seemingly random drumming and fierce piping. You need to study for years to do it right, however. Photo Paul Smit.
Smit & Palarczyk > [AUSTRIA.WIEN 04263] 'King of Waltz." Nothing in Vienna is being photographed more often then the gold plated statue of Johann Strauß in the Stadtpark. It's the King of Waltz who is behind the fable of the blue Danube, by the way. Photo Paul Smit.
Smit & Palarczyk > [AUSTRIA.OBER 04231] 'Gaze of an angel.' High in the basilica of the Augustine St. Florian monastery white plasterwork angels look down on you with black eyes. Photo Paul Smit.
Smit & Palarczyk > [VIETNAM.NORTH 21.438] ’Black H’mong flute player.’ At Sapa a Black H’mong girl is playing a traditional H’mong flute made out of a calabash. Photo Mick 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] '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.
[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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