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2008 OFFENBURG 2008

 

16th Bundesvolkstanztreffen

 

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          Offenburg is a medium sized city in the Black Forest.  It is famous for its "Elwedritsches" (the European cousin of the Pennsylvanian Snipe and Texan Jackalopes ) and its Offenburger Witches - Fastnachts characters in very distinctively carved wooden masks.

 

 

 

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Information and Photographs Courtesy Karin Gottier

 

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