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| has gloss | eng: The Cortège , or The Chalmers Cortège (Swedish: Chalmerscortègen) is an annual carnival parade held on Walpurgis Night (April 30) by students of the Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg. The Cortège consists of 500 students and around 50 truck carriages, each carriage depicting—in a satirical and comic way—significant events that have taken place since the previous parade. The procession makes its way through the city centre, where it is seen by around 250,000 people each year. |
| lexicalization | eng: Chalmers Cortege Committe |
| lexicalization | eng: Chalmers Cortège Committé |
| lexicalization | eng: The Cortege |
| lexicalization | eng: The Cortège |
| instance of | c/Parades |
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| Swedish | |
| has gloss | swe: Cortègen är en djupt rotad Chalmersk, men kanske i synnerhet Göteborgsk, tradition. Den arrangeras av Chalmers Cortège Committé (CCC) och går tillbaka så långt som till 1909. Redan på den tiden fanns sedan gammalt en Valborgstradition - chalmeristerna tågade varje år den 30 april i en lång rad runt stan med ena foten på trottoaren och den andra i rännstenen i samband med vårens så kallade mösspåtagning (det vill säga den dag man tog – och fortfarande tar på sig – den vita tofsmössan). |
| lexicalization | swe: Cortegen |
| lexicalization | swe: Cortègen |
| lexicalization | swe: Cortégen |
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| media:img | ChalmersCortege2006.JPG |
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