Children in Germany celebrate Bird Wedding - in pictures
The traditional Sorbian festival Ptaci Kwas celebrates the approaching end of winter. The Sorbs are acknowledged as a national minority with their own language in eastern Germany
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Sorbian dressmaker Petra Kupke decorates a child for celebrations of Vogelhochzeit, or Ptaci Kwas in Sorbian
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A Sorbian woman dresses a child in Räckelwitz, near Bautzen in Germany
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Sorbian girls joke as they wait for the Bird Wedding celebrations
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A Sorbian child being dressed by Petra Kupke
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Sorbian schoolchildren wearing traditional costumes
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Traditional attire for Ptaci Kwas
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A Sorbian boy in his Ptaci Kwas outfit
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Children eat and drink during the celebrations
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Children dressed as groom and bride during the Ptaci Kwas celebrations in Räckelwitz, near Bautzen, Germany
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