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164 views · Published 29 December 2009 · 4:09 · Indexed 20 September 2026

Channel: DW News · 2009 · Entertainment

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Berlin is alive with music at this time of year. There's a flutist or violin player on just about every major city square,entertaining passersby and hoping,of course,to earn a penny or two. They may not be aware of it,but they're practicing a tradition that goes back for centuries. In the middle ages,carolers went from house to house,singing in return for food,drink or alms. In England,wassailing - as it became known - could get pretty wild and the Puritans banned it altogether. But that was short-lived and today's street musicians are usually less interested in causing a ruckus than in making urban life a little more harmonious.

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