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Kolbermoor Schäffler Dancers in Götting

January 14, 2005

The Schäfflertanz (Coopers' Dance) is a traditional Munich & southern Bavarian dance, performed every seven years, and only between Three Kings' Day and Fasching (Mardi Gras). All the figures and music are prescribed by tradition. The dance is also shown in the glockenspiel on Munich City Hall.
More info (in German) here: http://www.schaefflertanz.com/
We happened to run into the Schäfflertanz group from Kolbermoor as they performed in our little town, Götting.

Technical note: They had a pair of floodlights shining on the space where they danced, and I used the built-in flash on the D100. All the dance pictures were taken with the Nikkor 12-24 DX, at ISO 640.

Out for a walk ...	Nice Quiet Evening	Schäffler Dancers in the Snake	Schäffler Dancers in the Cross
Schäffler Dancers in the Crown	Schäffler Dancers in the Crown	Schäffler Dancers out of the Crown	Schäffler Dancers in the Change
Schäffler Dancers in the Change	Schäffler Dancers - the leader gives the Toast	Schäffler Dancers - the Clown gives the Toast	Schäffler Dancers marching off ...

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