Tag: Shrovetide
Fools brave the weather: the street carnival begins
As of: February 8, 2024 12:43 p.m Even pouring rain can’t stop them: tens of thousands celebrate the start of the street carnival in Cologne, Düsseldorf, Mainz and other crazy…
Report: Mainz Rose Monday parade takes aim at politics
report As of: February 12, 2024 7:07 p.m Rose Monday: the highest holiday in foolish Mainz. Thousands of participants in the pageant, hundreds of thousands watching. Whether government or opposition…
Police: Start of the street carnival “above average inconspicuous”
As of: February 8, 2024 9:58 p.m “Inconspicuous” is not necessarily the first word that comes to mind when referring to the street carnival in the Rhineland. But the first…
Veitshöchheim: Söder goes as Otto von Bismarck – Bavaria
So now he’s going to be chancellor after all. The Reich Chancellor at least and at least for one evening. Prime Minister Markus Söder goes to the Franconian carnival in…
Carnival in Franconia: What disguise does Markus Söder wear? – Bavaria
How is he coming this time? In which costume will Markus Söder appear in the Mainfrankensälen in Veitshöchheim this Friday for the television show carnival in Franconia? Last year he…
Thomas Gottschalk awarded with fool’s bell: shaken out of his golden sleeve – media
The carnival in the southwest is rich in interesting costumes and characters, there are the straw bears, there are the fox calves and the corner witches, and of course the…