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The Lucerne Carnival in Switzerland 

 

Thursday 27 February 2014 13:56 GMT
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Strange characters with fantastic masks and costumes parade along the narrow streets while groups of carnival musicians blow their instruments in joyful cacophony and thousands of bizarrely clad people dance away the spirits of winter
Strange characters with fantastic masks and costumes parade along the narrow streets while groups of carnival musicians blow their instruments in joyful cacophony and thousands of bizarrely clad people dance away the spirits of winter

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