Switzerland

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The culture of Switzerland is influenced by the neighboring countries, but through the years a different and independent culture with some regional differences has been developed. In particular, the French-speaker regions oriented more towards the French culture. Generally, Swiss are met by their long humanitarian tradition, since Switzerland was the birthplace of the movement of the Red Cross and lodges the Council of Human rights of the United Nations. Of similar form, in German Switzerland more they are oriented towards the German culture, although the speakers of German Swiss strictly identify like Swiss due to the difference between the high German and the dialects of the Swiss German. In Italian Switzerland the Italian culture is perceived mainly. In summary, the regions are of many ways more strongly connected with the neighboring country with which they share his language. Very linguistically isolated culture romanche in mountains of the east of Switzerland strives to maintain its linguistic traditions alive not only. Many mountainous zones highly are connected with the sport cultures of the ski in winter, and the senderismo in summer. Throughout the year, some zones have a recreational culture to attract the tourism, still in spring and summer, the calmest stations, when there are less visitors and major is present at Swiss. A traditional culture of farms and cultures also predominates in some zones and the small farms continue omnipresent in the outskirts. In the cinema, the American productions conform the great majority of the billboards, although several Swiss films have been a commercial successful in recent years. The art folkloric stays alive thanks to several organizations located throughout the national territory, where music, the dance, the poetry, the wood stature is fomented and embroidering. The tube of the Alps, a trompeta done of wood, along with yodel and the accordion, has become the international symbol of traditional Swiss music