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Switzerland has a history of armed neutrality going back to the reformation, and it has not been in a state of war internationally since 1815, and they did not join in the united nations until 2002.

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Switzerland has the oldest policy of military neutrality in the world.

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Swiss neutrality is one of the main principles of Switzerland's foreign policy which dictates that Switzerland is not to be involved in armed conflicts between other states. This policy is self-imposed,permanent, and armed, designed to ensure security and promote peace.

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The banking sector in Switzerland is known for its policies of protection of foreign accounts. The client confidentiality and banking secrecy practiced in Switzerland can be traced as far as the 1700s..

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The manufacturing industry is contributed 25.6% in Switzerland. Switzerland is one of the world largest exporters. In 2011, Switzerland was the largest exporters of watches in the world.

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The swiss are also known for their extremely well organized nature. People there live as free as they can be. People often spend their weekends in lakes or mountains, in the winter, people get to ski and play in the snow.The Swiss are used to make recycling into nature again. People like to sit down and chat with beer, wine and cheese. The common food they usually have are bread with cheese and ham.

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Rivella is a kind of soda drink which is made from Switzerland, and there are 3 different colors, red, blue, and green which each holds different calories.

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Football is the most popular sport in Switzerland, and Swiss football association was formed in 1895 and was a founder member of the sports international governing body FIFA in 1904.

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Mountaineering is a kind of winter sport. Another way to say it is that it is a winter version of climbing/hiking. When you are tied with professional tools/costume and climbing up the mountain.

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Pingu is a stop motion clay cartoon produced by the Swiss television in 1990-2000. And from 2002-2006, was produced by the British television.Talking about the life of Pingu the penguin and his family living in the south pole. The famous phrase from Pingu is the sound they always make"noot, noot"

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This is the same as the normal ceramics, the only different is that it is painted with the peasant-style. They are made into pots, plates, and other ceramics which are painted with cows, farming, mountain views......drawings.

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It is the heart of woodcarving region, and the home of Swiss woodcarving school, founded 131 years ago. Brienz woodcarving is when you use a special knife and you cut out the wood in to different shapes or characters.

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The world poya means the alpine pastures. Poya painting shows cows and other farming animals across the picture and also other typical mountain life. Poya symbolizes the beginning of the productive season, which first started in the 19th century on the farmhouses in the Fribourg Alps.

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Folk art is painted everywhere around Switzerland. On buildings, furniture and objects everywhere. It is a kind of art that is made in the context of folk culture.

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Scherenschnitte means "Scissors cut" in German, which is also known as paper cutting. There are 3 common forms which includes silhouettes, valentines, and love letters. This traditional paper cutting was found in the 16th century in Switzerland and German and then brought into America in the 18th century.

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The Swiss national day is the national holiday of Switzerland on August 1. People celebrate with fireworks, flags, singing the Swiss national anthem,and dressing up in different ways.

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Grabunden in the east remain a small group of people who speak Romansh. It takes about 0.5%.

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Italian speakers stand for 8.2% in the whole Switzerland. Italian speakers usually appear in the Southern part.

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There are around 22.9% of people that speak French. Mostly people in the west and Italian area.

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German speakers are the largest population in Switzerland. About 62.6% of people speaks German, and they are usually located in the center, east, north of Switzerland and in the Swiss alps.

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Swiss National Anthem - "Schweizerpsalm" (DE/EN)

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Alphornvereinigung Berner Oberland - Oberländer Choral 2010

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As a volunteer, we are to create the “Kaleidoscope cultural preservation museum project” which records the culture of a country. For this project, I chose Switzerland as my country because Switzerland is my favorite country and I understand the culture. We will be using an online padlet to record the culture of Switzerland. A padlet is an online virtual board where people can share links and pictures. The purpose of making a padlet is to record the special cultures which are soon disappearing, because of the worlds change and globalization.

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It is the national anthem of Switzerland. Because there are different languages, so the lyrics are translated into french, Italian, and Romansh. Which is sung at patriotic events.

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Roger Federer is a famous professional Swiss tennis player who is ranked in the world number 3. He was born in Basel, he served as a ball boy at his hometown in 1992-1993. He was married to Mirka Federer in April 11 2009 who is also a tennis player. And now have 4 kids in total. Roger Federer had won a lot of certificate.

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Heidi Official US Release Trailer (2017) - Anuk Steffen Movie

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Circus Knie is the largest circus in Switzerland. It was founded in 1803 by the Knie family, and it is famous for its animals and now operates as a zoo.

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Schwingen is known as Swiss wrestling. The original name is called Hosenlupf. It is a style of folk-wresting native to Switzerland. Swiss wrestling and Alpine festival is hosted every 3 years, the competition lasts from Friday through Sunday. Consists 8 rounds of wrestling. Also shows the traditional culture and music of Switzerland.

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The Alphorn is an instrument which is several meters long, made by wood. People who usually play the Alphorn are mountain dwellers in the Swiss Alps. Same as yodelling, they were both used to communicate in the Swiss mountains, but now turned into a music and instrument.

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Yodeling is a form of singing that involves rapid changes in pitch. It use to be a way people communicate in the Swiss mountains, but later on became popular with musicians as a form of entertainment.

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Heidi is a work of children fiction published in the 1881 by a Swiss author. It is a novel that tells about events in a life of a young girl who lives with her paternal grandfather in the Swiss alps. Written into a book for children and people who loves children. It is one of the best selling books and the best known works of Swiss literature.

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This is a traditional spring holiday celebrated in Zurich on the 3rd Monday in April. When they tie the Böögg on a pile of wood and burn it. It celebrates the end of winter and the starting of spring. "Böögg" is stuffed with fireworks, the faster the snowman's head blows off, the finer the coming summer will be.