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    The Ubersitz is a traditional custom in Hasli, Bernese Oberland, Switzerland. On Christmas day, at nightfall, schoolboys begin with Treichlen, walking...
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    Sechseläuten, a spring fire festival. Tschäggätä, masked carnival parade. Ubersitz, a Christmas parade festival. Silvesterklausen, a New Year's Eve tradition...
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    folklore into the 20th century. The main yearly festival of Oberhasli is the Ubersitz (lit. the "sitting out" of the night drinking) culminating a week of Trychel...
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