“Schlaraffia® is a worldwide association of men committed to cultivating art, friendship and humor. Their motto is “In arte voluptas”, or “In art lies the pleasure”. If you like to recite, make music, poetry, composing, painting, magic or other arts, or just to listen and watch, then Schlaraffia® offers you a forum that will open you to a wonderland of the mind with tolerance, spirit and humor. The contributions of the Sassen (members of Schlaraffia®) are sometimes serious, most of the time cheerful, and should give room for humorous additions, comments and puns by the audience. Today there are about 260 Reyche (local associations of the Schlaraffia®) with over 10,000 members in Europe (predominantly in Germany, Austria, Switzerland), North and South America, South Africa, Thailand and Australia. German is spoken in each of these Reyche.”