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1st august swiss national day celebration 2011 Swiss wrestling sport discipline
1st august swiss national day celebration 2011
1st August Swiss National Day Celebration 2011
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There were also some events to assist to:

1) Swiss wrestling is, as its name implies, a discipline typically Swiss...

Here two links if you like to learn more about it:

http://translate.google.ch/translate?hl=fr&langpair=fr|en&u=http://www.jugendundsport.ch/internet/js/fr/home/sportarten/schwingen.html

The little video included is showing their preparation necessary to the execution. Unfortunately the spoken comment is not translated in English.

http://translate.google.ch/translate?hl=fr&langpair=fr|en&u=http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lutte_suisse

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Aug 03 2011 12:10 GMT geobak
Great collage, Geo
Aug 03 2011 13:01 GMT senna3
Excellent collage!
Aug 03 2011 13:52 GMT peterpinhole
Interesting tradition. Great action captures!
Aug 03 2011 14:13 GMT clintonfolks
great collage..
Aug 03 2011 14:33 GMT Hanny50
Great fight, I hope they dont get hurt, nice catch.
Aug 03 2011 16:47 GMT ForestSpirit
An excellent action collage, Ruth, and interesting info too, although I had to concentrate quite hard to understand the Swiss German!
Aug 03 2011 16:51 GMT Papagena
Sylvia, I have given the link just to view their training necessary to execute this special sport !! ;°)
Aug 03 2011 17:04 GMT ForestSpirit
Ah yes, Ruth, I know, but I always enjoy a linguistic challenge!
Aug 03 2011 17:04 GMT Annamaria
Very nice collage and great information, Ruth!!
Aug 03 2011 17:17 GMT annieann PRO
great collage my friend
Aug 03 2011 17:32 GMT poshbird
Brilliant series.........very well captured Ruth.
Aug 03 2011 17:41 GMT Lie
Great collage !
Aug 03 2011 18:18 GMT elsje323
great collage
Aug 03 2011 20:00 GMT Adamus
Interessante Sportart. Wunderschöne Bilder hast du uns vorgestellst.
Aug 07 2011 14:14 GMT Donjames
Only for the young.....

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