Figure 1.--Here we see the Grabs Children's Folk Choir in their folk outfits. Notice that several boys have mixed jeans with the folk garments. |
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The village of Grabs in St. Gallen canton has a Children's Folk Choir. The children wear traditional clothing with a mix of regular clothes like jeans. During the summer they go barefoot. The choir director says that this is not strange, in Grabs it is still common that children attend school in bare feet. We see this custom in some German-speaking cantons. It is different from the general attitude in Europe. The Haslen School is a good example.
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