Amazing Fasnacht Costumes From Luzern Switzerland
October 31, 2009 by Darren Alff
Every year, on the Thursday before Ash Wednesday, the city of Luzern, Switzerland comes to life with a literal bang. The Carnival celebration, which the locals call Fasnacht, breaks out in the streets, alleyways and squares of old town Luzern and continues for days on end as the normally stiff people of Switzerland roam the streets in costume while singing, dancing, playing music, drinking, and making new friends.
I spent the first two months of 2009 in the city of Luzern and these are some of the costumes I photographed during the Fasnacht celebration.
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