After two years, Emmen is celebrating C’est la Vie again. ‘Escaped’ meerkats draw attention on the city floor. ‘They seem to be hugging’

Three meerkats, near the Hema, examine the passing audience with an inquisitive gaze. Then, as if by arrangement, they decide to go for it. One of the meerkats presses its snout against a woman’s nose. Another uses his claws to comb a girl’s long hair, and the third presses against her for a moment. She takes it with resignation.

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