European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 29, 1950, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Photos by Lisbeth staff photographer twice each the primary interest of the Farmers who eke out an existence in the rugged mountains around Alpine Lake near centers upon an unusual migration that Faas old As the civilization of the area each Spring As the snows melt in the cattle from villages in the surrounding area Are rounded ferried across the Lake and taken to the Rich pasture lands High up in the mountains for the in the As cold fogs bring the first hint of deep Winter the process is reversed and the cattle Are brought Back to Winter in the fresh cheeked milk maids live in Small huts in the mountains from May to october tending the milking them and making butter and cheese for the cloaking the migration Are ancient rituals of Pagan origin whose full meaning is lost in Antiq cattle brought safely from the mountains Are decorated with brightly coloured headdresses made of asters and a rite which undoubtedly bad its origins in Pagan 4 the stars and