How people with similar interests spend their free time

Documenting people with common interest

Nov 05, 2014, 07:07 IST1 min

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Santa Claus GroupSamichlaus and his assistant Schmutzli, the sinister Hyde to the Swiss Santa Claus’s Jekyll, meet regularly in autumn. On December 6 (Saint Nicholas Day), children and parents at Diepflingen village give members of the Santa Claus Club—who are dressed either as Samichlaus or Schmutzli—nuts, mandarin orange, chocolate and a dough pastry in the shape of a mannequin

Image by Ursula Sprecher and Andi Cortellini

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Tamil AssociationMembers of the Tamil Association in Switzerland can meet daily in Münchenstein, but the highlight is their annual festival. During the 25 days of the feast, 10,000 people from all over Europe travel to Switzerland to join the community

Image by Ursula Sprecher and Andi Cortellini