fasnacht cowboys

This little cowboy stuffed a fistful of confetti in my pocket as I was trying to take a picture of this other little cowboy:

fasnacht parade

The Bolivian Cultural Group of Zurich had a huge contingent of dancers participating in the parade. I had no idea there were so many Bolivians in Zurich...

Z in Villigen expressed her surprise at seeing so many babies sleeping through all the loud guggenmusik at her parade. Here's a Bolivian sleeping baby:

And here's a 'hairy' sleeping baby with its 'hairy' parent:

'Kiss' made an appearance at Zurich's Fasnacht parade. I didn't realize there were so many members in the band. And their music seems to have mellowed a bit over the years...

fasnacht parade cont'd

Aqua monster looked scary


Chicken costumes seemed to be quite popular. We had chicken steel drummers:

and chicken spectators:

after the fasnacht parade

taking a break

the scary masks come off to facilitate beer drinking (see the guy's hand)

it's time to catch up on some text messages (see girl on left)

it's the chicken people again!

fasnacht kids

Check out this little pirate's right hand--he has a fistful of confetti and is looking for his next victim.

Little kids eat bratwurst too.

Cute dino on her way home...