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popularity in Zürich

In Zürich: The contemporary city
…of a snowman, and the Knabenschiessen in September, a sharpshooting contest for young people. Along with these traditional festivals, there is the Zürich Carnival (Fasnacht) in late winter and the Street Parade in August, which began in the 1990s and draws thousands of people to dance to techno music.
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In Switzerland: Sports and recreation
…of which is the annual Knabenschiessen festival, held in Zürich each September, bringing teenagers together to compete in archery and other shooting events. Along with regular Sunday-morning shooting, other sports played in the country include Swiss-style wrestling (Schwingen), gymnastics, Hornussen (a kind of Alpine baseball), tennis, golf, ice hockey, basketball,…
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