Carnival in Germany! Today is a special day: Punctually on the 11th day of the 11th month at 11 hours and 11 minutes the Carnival seasons will start. After one day it will go to sleep again and will be revived early next year. I greet you now with one of many Carnival greetings: Helau! Supposed to mean: Hello - or something.
The countdown has started. In a few minutes Canival will begin. Here the clock shows 4 minutes past 11 in the morning.
Carnival comes in 3 forms: - Karneval in Köln = Carnival in Cologne - Fasching in Bavaria and Austria - Fasnacht or Fasnet or Fassenacht in the German Southwest Myself I am a fan of the Fasnacht here in the Black Forest. That was just a rough overview. There is a lot more to say about the mysteries of Fasnacht, Fasching, Karneval.
Carnival is a cruise line designed for young kids whose idea of having fun is getting drunk. The only Carnival cruise I went on left a bunch of these young folks off at the dock with their luggage after wrecking the Sky Bar. We much prefer Princess Lines.
What do you understand under the term "Carnival"? a circus a merry-go-round any kind of celebration a cruise line nothing According to my experience, many English-speakers do not have the faintest idea, what a Carnival is.
>>>>> https://www.schwarzwald-tourismus.i...e/kultur-und-tradition/alemannische-fastnacht <<<< Here is the picture of the "Fasnacht", as the Carnival is called in the Black Forest in Germany.
This Thursday will be a special Thursday: The "Schmotzige Donnerstag" - meaning "Fat Thursday". Because auf the fat where the pancakes are cooked in. The name "Mardi Gras" comes from a similar custom.
The beginning of the German Carnival co-incides with Putin's attack against the Ukraine. I do not think there will be a normal Carnival now.
Margit Sponheimer - Song: "Am Rosenmontag bin ich geboren" 1970 Today it is Rosen-Montag = Rose Monday in Germany
