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Basel Fasnacht is a 3 day festivity before Lent (4 weeks before Easter). The Fasnacht starts at 0400 on Monday morning (Morgenstreich) and continues non-stop for 72 hours (3 days).
Morgenstreich - Basel Fasnacht 2001. The weather was cold after raining earlier in the night. Before 4 a.m. all the city lights are turned off and silence reigns. At precisely 4 a.m. (Swiss punctuality - you know), all the Piccolo bands start playing the same tunes (literally thousands of players) and keep this up until 3 days later.
| Two of the impressive lantern floats in the misty early morning near Barfusserplatz (around 0500). |  |
| More lantern floats in the misty early morning. |  |
| A small Piccolo band strolling on the confetti filled streets outside the Basel town hall around 0730. |  |
| These Jokers were part of a larger Joker piccolo band. |  |
| The papal piccolo players in Marktplatz (opposite the town hall) at 0730. |  |
| The pumpkin piccolo players.
A witch in the parade |
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| One of the more elaborate floats - the SCI-FI ship. |  |