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Saturday, August 12, 2017

Costumes of Carinthia

Here, in Austria, each community, each valley, almost every town has its own colourful costume, called "Trachten."
Nowadays they are preserved only in "Trachten Clubs." No-one wears them on other than very special occasions.
The other day, the "Trachten Club" from the town of Villach visited us here in Bleiburg and, as usual, I snapped a few pictures.
It always helps, of course, if such a costume is worn by a pretty woman:


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