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Wait... Swiss diplomats still wear jack sparrow hats?!

• dgellow 6y ago
  No. The people you can see in the first picture aren't the diplomats themselves, it's just part of the tradition when welcoming country leaders. Watch the video, you will see that our current president has completely normal clothes.
  • andimm 6y ago
    They are called Bundesweibel, took me a while to find them: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huissier https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huissier https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weibel_(Amtsdiener) https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weibel_(Amtsdiener)
    • dgellow 6y ago
      Et pour les romands: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huissier_(Suisse) https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huissier_(Suisse) :)