| DANCE OF THANKSGIVING IN SWITZERLAND Swiss villagers jig about wearing model villages on their heads and huge cowbells on their backs. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 6358 |
| Catalog #: | 253833 | |
| Clip Number: | 253833-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 38/6 | |
| Timecode: | 01:12:53 - 01:13:16 | |
| Location: | Switzerland. | |
| Year Shot: | 1938 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | ENTERTAINMENT/DANCE: Ethnic / Cultural ENTERTAINMENT/DANCE: Unusual FASHION: Costume/Masquerade/Fancy Dress LOCATIONS/EUROPE: Switzerland | |
| Description: | Dance of thanksgiving in Switzerland. Commentator explains it is a dance of thanksgiving for the favours of a kindly providence. Switzerland. Various shots of villagers taking part in a traditional festival that involves walking up a snowy hill while wearing strange head-dresses. Both men and women wear masks; the men have large square models of Swiss villages attached to the tops of their heads and massive cowbells on their chests and backs. The women have semicircular pictures of Swiss houses attached to the backs of their heads. They jig about; it looks quite bizarre. | |
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