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ARTIST: J. Rattensperger

TITLE OF WORK: Dregs of the Schönperchten of Pinzgau (Das Trestern der Pinzgauer Schönperchten)

TYPE OF WORK: Print, lithograph

DATE: 1850

DATE DETAILS: approx.

COMMENTS: In the village Pinzgau of the Salzburg area, disguised men in groups of four to twelve dance in the night of 5 to 6 January and during Carnival. They are called Schönperchten or Berchten.

LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Austria

DANCE FORM: traditional