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Matthias Schrader / AP
A Bavarian herdsman in traditional dress awaits the start of the drive.
Bavarian herders donned traditional dress to drive a herd of cattle down from their summer pastures in the mountains to a valley below, The Associated Press reported.
Matthias Schrader / AP
A young Bavarian herdswoman in traditional dress. About 500 cattle around Pfronten returned to the valley after spending the summer months in the mountains.
About 500 cattle in the Pfronten area were moved to fields at a lower altitude as summer came to an end.
Matthias Schrader / AP
Bavarian herdsmen in traditional dress drive their herd through the landscape during the return of the cattle from the summer pastures in the mountains in Pfronten, Germany, Saturday.
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They need ramrod Rowdy Yates (Clint Eastwood)!!!
After all this cow parading they deserve an Oktoberfest. Prost!
Ump pa pa!
Time to roll out the Lowenbrau!
Auf der Alm,da gib's keine Suend.
Time for the chicken dance and polka. What a wonderful excuse to be stupid for a full day.
I like it.Our national dress is saggin' and a gun
I think the cows are darling with there flower decor!
Arnie was seen in the background wearing only lederhosen but shining with babyoil
Look at the picture of the young woman. I don't think girl shepards traditionally wore cute little shorts!!
I love Bavaria and their cows.
Homesick Yank...That's exactly what they wore, the men too. Lederhosen WAS the traditional wear for physical work.
That's sorta the point of the story.
Lederhosen is customary dress for all mountain folk in Germanic countries from Southern Germany to Switzerand. It is functional as opposed to aesthetic in purpose. Their environment requires them to be natural mountain climbers and repellers. Leather pants are ideal for using the Swiss seat and other rope climbing techniques that are vital for surviving and operating in high mountains. Try repelling with wool or denim pants and see how long your clothes will last!
Actually, only men wore lederhosen or longer buderhosen, women wore dirndls.
Spent a year in Bavaria in the early "50's". Love it and the people. Wish I could have stayed.
Exactly. I lived in Germany for a couple of decades and still have a lot of family there. The girl's dress is cute but anything but traditional. Yes, the women would have worn dirndls. And in olden times with real sleeves (not open at the shoulders). The Almabtrieb is a lovely tradition and the beer or schnapps after not shabby either.
I like the cattle - such cute faces. It's always nice to see traditions kept - clothing, the cowbells, the decorated animals.
Something good in the news for a change.
I gfrei mi drauf!