Every winter in the Rhine Valley in Germany, carnivals are held in Germany, this tradition for hundreds of years. In every city, the carnival is called in its own way: Fasching in Cologne and Karneval in Dusseldorf. The season of the carnivals is called the Fifth Season, it begins on November 11 at 11 a.m.
On this day, the mayor of the city on the main square announces the beginning of the fifth season, preparations for large carnivals begin, and festive sweets are sold in bakery. Each city chooses the prince and princess of the carnival. But the real fun will begin only on February 8, in Babius Thursday (Weiberfastnacht),
And ends with a grandiose ball in the evening of February 13, 2018. Today we will talk about the three main carnival of Germany.
1. Carnival in Cologne
In the Cologne Cologne is the main holiday after Christmas. It is here that the beginning of the fifth season is celebrated more fun. On November 11, at 11 o’clock concerts will begin on the city’s squares, the organizers will announce the slogan of the carnival, and a small parade of mummers will pass from the town hall around the city.
And on February 8, on the day when women are allowed, the six -day celebration of the carnival will begin with the fact that the ladies in bright costumes and scissors in their hands will surround the city hall and arrange a comic assault. After the assault, the mayor will announce the beginning of the carnival and everyone will go to celebrate. On this day, women make fun of men and even by tradition they cut off their ties.
In the following days, concerts and music processions in masquerade costumes will be held on the streets of Kyulna, and a festive menu will appear in restaurants and beer. The culmination of the carnival will occur on February 12, in Rosenmontag (pink Monday). A magnificent procession in masquerade costumes, surrounded by horsemen, hundreds of musicians and brightly decorated with carts, from which gingerbread and sweets will be thrown into the crowd, will be held along the main street of the city. About 1.5 million people will come to look at the Cologne Carnival.
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2. Carnival in Dusseldorf
Carnival in Dusseldorf, which takes place every year from the end of the 15th century, the second most important after Cologne. The protagonist of the carnival is a mischievous jester of the Hoppeditz. On the 11th, 11 months at 11 o’clock, the jester wakes up on the main square of the city and announces the beginning of the celebration. The elections of the Prince and Princess Carnival follow.
The six -day holiday begins with a procession from the town hall on February 8 at 18.00. The most interesting events of the Dusseldorf carnival: comic competitions in the Niderakassel area, a parade with the participation of 60 platforms, which have huge dolls that make fun of politicians from around the world, and the funeral of the jester of the Hoppeditsa on February 12, 2018, during which they announce the closure of the carnival.
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3. Carnival in Mainz
The history of the carnival in Mainz began in the 13th century. On November 11 at 11 o’clock, the burgomaster, accompanied by the main characters of the carnival (prince, ladies and peasant),
The Osteiner Hofe mansion goes to the balcony of the mansion and announces the beginning of the fifth season and reads the comic commandments of the carnival. For example, stop 3 pairs of boots in dancing and drink 3 buckets of beer. Then, starting from January 1, once a week, residents of the city gather for “carnival meetings”, during which organizational issues, costumes are discussing for a beer mug, and invent slogans. A prerequisite for these meetings – each participant should be late for 11 minutes, which is not easy for punctual Germans.
On February 8, the six -day celebration of the carnival begins with the processions of the mummers and musicians on the central streets of the city. On the central square of the city, a “tower of fools” is being built, around which competitions and concerts are organized. All 6 days of the carnival entrance to the museums of the Mainz is free. The main parade takes place on a pink Monday – in the city center there is a procession of children in bright costumes, then carts with dolls go, followed by musicians and a “parade of fools” in caps and funny costumes. The carnival will end on February 14, in the “ash environment”, a massive feast on the streets of Mainz.
