Dreigestirn, 2005 (maiden, prince and peasant)Crowds in Cologne on Rosenmontag of 2006Kamelle (Sweets) thrown out at a carnival parade
The Cologne Carnival (German: Kölner Karneval) is a carnival that takes place every year in Cologne, Germany.
Traditionally, the "fifth season" (carnival season) is declared open at 11 minutes past 11 on the 11th of the 11th month November. The Carnival spirit is then temporarily suspended during the Advent and Christmas period, and picks up again in earnest after 6 January, Epiphany, in the New Year. The time of merrymaking in the streets is officially declared open at downtown square "Alter Markt" on the Thursday before the beginning of Lent. Street carnival, a week-long street festival, also called "the crazy days", takes place between Fat Thursday (Weiberfastnacht) and Ash Wednesday (Aschermittwoch). The highlight of carnival is Rose Monday (Rosenmontag), two days before Ash Wednesday. All through these days, Cologne folks go out masqueraded. The typical greeting during the festival is Kölle Alaaf!, a Kölsch phrase.
CologneCarnival (German: Kölner Karneval) is a carnival that takes place every year in Cologne, Germany. Traditionally, the "fifth season" (carnival...
record of Carnival in Germany was in 1296 in Speyer. The first worldwide Carnival parade took place in Cologne in 1823. The most active Carnival week begins...
Cologne's most outstanding carnival society, the Rote Funken. The Free Imperial City of Cologne must not be confused with the Electorate of Cologne,...
The slogan for the CologneCarnival season was "Hero Carnival as coloniser", "Hero Carnival" being the personification of carnival; everyone participating...
related to rhythmic gymnastics. Majorettes originally performed a typical carnival dance originating in the Rhineland, where the young women who perform this...
largest city in Germany. It is primarily marketed as an event city, with CologneCarnival being perceived as the biggest tourist attraction. In the time of Roman...
scapegoat in the Rhenish carnival. The Nubbel, also called Zacheies in Colognecarnival, hangs above many pubs during the carnival season and is burned in...
19th century. In its current standard form, it is a song from the CologneCarnival since the 1920s. A source claims, that in the estate of Caspar Josef...
Carnival in the Netherlands (Dutch: Carnaval; also called "vastenavond" – eve of the fasting or Limburgish: "vastelaovend") is a festival held mainly in...
comparable to carnival celebrations and the political motivation of the event did achieve a lot in equal rights and gay rights. Cologne Gay Pride takes...
language. American humor British humour East German jokes German culture Cologne Comedy Festival German television comedy Kabarett List of German language...
Kulturen (Carnival of Cultures), every year in May (Whitsuntide weekend) Cologne — Cologne WKNDR, every year in July. Rotterdam — "Summer Carnival" Zomercarnaval:...
million participants and spectators to the city together with the CologneCarnival. Due to organizational reasons, the CSDs do not take place on the historic...
teams had to drive to Cologne and find their next clue at Gürzenich Köln. There, teams had to take part in a CologneCarnival with one team member pedaling...
(Eupen, Kelmis), but most heavily in the carnival strongholds which include the Rhineland, especially in Cologne, Bonn, Düsseldorf, Aachen and Mainz. In...
people") which was an attempt to distance themselves from the traditional Colognecarnival in order not to be pigeonholed. The single release Nur mer zwei ("Just...
the most famous are the Carnival of Barranquilla, the Carnival of Santa Cruz de Tenerife, the Carnival of Venice, CologneCarnival, the New Orleans Mardi...
boss, Joseph Goebbels, grinning in an unlikely photo series of the Colognecarnival. Following Germany's invasion of the Soviet Union, tourism opportunities...
considered a neutral, inoffensive word. A group of showmen in the CologneCarnival called Negerköpp, founded in 1929, act with their hands and faces painted...
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