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Carnival as you see it in Germany and neighboring European countries is a custom from the Middle Ages, where subordinates had the only opportunity to express their opinion to the authorities without punishment and to make a fool of them. Free love and unlimited consumption of alcohol before Lent begins is the order of the day.
In south Germany (the people in wooden masks) karneval people are also sympolicly chaising away the winter time and bad gosts. Secound meaning: awake the good gosts of spring time. By the way, karneval comes from the word carnevale which means good bye meat. In past times people had to fast.
After Ash Wednesday the 40 days fasting period until easter starts. Certain foods are supposed to be avoided, especially luxury, on friday only fish, and so on. Ash Wednesday and Kar Friday (Jesus dies on the cross) only one meal is allowed from midnight to midnight. Most fasting is volontary. So people decide what they want to avoid in that time. After popularity: sweets, alcohol, meat, smoking, TV, smartphone/PC, car.
Precursors to carnival were celebrated in Mesopotamia around 5,000 years ago. Even then there was the idea of the principle of equality during the celebrations. For a short time, workers and rulers were on the same level - this principle is still part of the carnival today.11 hours ago
"Carnival" or "Fasnacht" has nothing to do with Halloween. Basically, we don't have Halloween, but it has been practiced here for a few years and in my opinion it's just another unnecessary commercialism from the USA
Except that Halloween is an Irish festival. Why from the USA? Because Irish emigrants brought it there. Why commercialism? Because there are “stupid people” who associate everything you celebrate with having to buy it.
Karneval, Fasching and Fasnacht certainly have a common origin in local festivals that were celebrated to use up perishable food before the start of lent. Over time, dances, costumes and parades were added. In the 19th century, a political dimension was added to the rhenish Karneval/Fasching. At meetings one could make fun of the authorities with impunity. The external expression is the fantasy uniforms and medals. Music is also an important part of the festivities. A special branch of "carnival" music has emerged. The Swabian-Alemannic Fastnacht is the most traditional form of carnival and has been included in the national list of intangible cultural heritage. As far as I know, the whip wielders are part of an ensemble consisting of horses and their drivers. The most dangerous thing about carnival is the alcohol.
I've just read up on the history of the carnival. Some of the customs were already mentioned in Wolfram von Eschenbach's Parzival minne song from 1206. And it's more of a "last foolish activity" before the 40 days of Lent. Some of the customs that are now celebrated in the 6 days before Ash Wednesday used to take place on Epiphany (January 6th), for example the custom of the fool taking over "governmental power".
@@manub.3847 You're definitely right. I presented this in a very abbreviated manner and did not go into the foolish side of the festivities. I also did not go into the pagan origins of the festivities to welcome spring and say goodbye to winter.
The whips belong to the „Bennerrössle“, a horse costume, so it makes sense to use whips, but first and foremost they are there to scare away the winter.
4:00 That is about "fool's liberty" (in German: Narrenfreiheit). Allegedly in former times the court's fool was the only one allowed to criticize the ruler and to make fun of him without fear of punishment - and the same is claimed by "carnivalists" for what is said during Carnival. At different times Carnival was prohibited therefore by the rulers - e.g. during French occupation of the Rhine provinces 1795-1805, or 1807-1815 in Upper Swabia after Napoleon had given Catholic Upper Swabia to his Protestant ally Württemberg. 6:35 The "whips" are called "Karbatschen". Handling them is an art (called "Schnellen") which includes causing supersonic booms. The 2024 world championship was held at the Fool's Meeting in Weingarten at 20 January; however I could not find a video about it. A video from 2018: th-cam.com/video/GNHo938ILIg/w-d-xo.html - some say it is about making noise to drive out winter, but actually it is and was ever only for fun. There are also other noise instruments involved in the traditional Swabian "Fasnet" (or "Fastnacht" - the night(s) before lent = Fastenzeit, while the word Carnival comes either from Latin "carnem levare" = "remove the meat" or "carne vale" = "good bye, meat"). At www.youtube.com/@kartade you could find more videos about the Swabian-Alemannic Carnival or Fasnet, especially of the big Fool's Meeting: th-cam.com/video/V04l2ZhfGsg/w-d-xo.html, th-cam.com/video/jjh5LG93OKg/w-d-xo.html, th-cam.com/video/X5Q1iZFQDd8/w-d-xo.html
Just because people wear costumes, Carnival is not at all „basically a longer Halloween“! It‘s so much more than that, but probably hard to explain to people from outside of Europe. Also, in the US, the term Carnival is used for traveling funfair or circus. This might be a bit confusing. In (the catholic parts of) Germany and many Roman Catholic countries (famous examples: Rio de Janeiro and Venice), Carnival is… Carnival. The merrymaking before lent. So our Carnival is what you call Mardi Gras in some parts of the US - but we celebrate it differently, of course. Halloween - the original Irish Halloween - All Hallow’s Eve, is also a catholic tradition, so there are some similarities to that indeed, but sadly, the Halloween in the US, as it is today, is quite detached from its roots. In my eyes, Halloween in the US is only commerce. Just fun, costumes and party, but with no deeper meaning. Imagine a shell that you find in a beach: It‘s nice, but the life that was once inside of it, is long gone. In the US, you have a tendency to celebrate the shells, but you don’t value the muscle that was once inside of it. So you get rid of it. It’s long gone and forgotten. The soul of it is missing. For us, the shell (in case of Carnival: partying, having fun, drinking alcohol) is nice and definitely plays a huge roll, but we also highly value the muscle, the tradition(s) behind of it, the deeper meaning, the flesh, the life, the SOUL of it all. That you commercialize so many traditions and forget about the rest is really something that often saddens me about the US.
Carnival and Fasching are fundamentally different from Fasnacht. What they all have in common is that it's fun time and a time to make fun of the mighty, which is why these customs are also temporarily banned. But the Fasnacht is much older and is a remnant from pre-Christian times and, as you have noticed, served to drive out the demons of winter. 😉
sorry to slightly disagree: Yes, the traditions are different but like the Rhineland carnival, the Swabian-Alemannic Fastnacht or Fasnet (carnival) also has its origins also in festivals that served to use up perishable food before the start of Lent (the perfect moment to throw a party and fill your belly). There is evidence of such events throughout Central Europe from around the 13th century. The oldest masks, such as devils therefore also have a connection to Christianity ( obviously). Christianity is therefore a prerequisite for both kinds of carnival. More precisely, Catholicism. Yes, In many parts of the world, there is some kind of tradition of dressing up or wearing masks, even from Roman times (the Saturnalia), but this was not Fastnacht or Carnival. Of course, it is possible that similar customs in some Alpine valleys managed to survive the "Catholic centuries". But given the power of the church at the time, I think it is unlikely that there was any kind of "continuity of carnival customs". Many of the customs only emerged when the Catholic Church began to lose influence - during the Age of Enlightenment/Baroque and later. The elaborate disguises and wooden masks of the Swabian-Alemannic carnival, for example, first came into fashion during the Baroque period and have clear Italian influences from the Commedia dell'Arte. (Yes some of them look and feel much older, but they aren't) (Ich war früher übrigens auch Hästräger 🙂)
The whips and bells have generally the same purpose: making noise th-cam.com/video/a1lSgRiZzn8/w-d-xo.html Bells of all sizes are most popular - they need no skills (albeit with bells as the costumes at 5:05 carry those add up to 11 - 20 kg). There are also wooden rattles of all types. But speaking of "skills" - some are in their own league th-cam.com/video/or0cqoUjor0/w-d-xo.html Back to Rottweil. The legend is that horse drovers from a village outside of Rottweil drove their horses through the city before the parade - as they were not allowed to take part in the parade itself. Here a video from the start of the parade at the Black Gate at 8am. th-cam.com/video/gyOjojinhNY/w-d-xo.html And also here we have a show of "special skills". The horse drovers aim to to shorten the feathers on the head of the horse. At 4:52 you can see a good hit. And you can see that those horses are still before the "real" parade, which starts with the "fools' angel" in red-white carrying the coat of arms of Rottweil ("from here on citizens only"). The horse and related drover costumes stay in the same families.
Traditionally it was about turning the strict power structure upside down.The people that are usually powerless, like women in the middle ages, took power for a while. Rules of modesty were loosened. On the other hand, the powerful were publicly mocked, which would usually get people drawn and quartered. When Napoleon occupied the Cologne region, they mocked his powerful army and dressed up as Napoleon Military while dancing like can-can girls. This old uniforms style is still recognizeable in today's carnival clubs. It looks kinda like US marching bands plus cheerleaders, but both with tricorn hats and lots of ruffles.
In the core the same roots, like with traditions at St. Martins Day, Epiphany (Star Singers), and others around Christian holidays. The German phrase is "Heische-Brauch", from the verb "erheischen", literally something as: acquire custom. I.e. performing something and getting - with luck - some reward for this. Including dressing up and citing or singing texts. Traditionally in the first place done by young adults. And no sweets (like today at Carneval or Halloween). Children were happy if they gained a pretzel or a Fastnachtsküchle (Carnival Fritters?). The highest reward was a sausage. Sausages play still some role, e.g. as (artifical) assecoir of some customes in Rottweil. The roles who is looking for a reward changed after the Middle Ages from fools to spectators. While in Cologne and Mainz, the spectators are "rewarded" basically for showing up and cheering, in Rottweil you still have to cite a Heische-Spruch (acquire quote) to gain any sweets. In nearby Oberndorf, you may still acquire a sausage after some treatment (vegetarians should better stand in the second row). th-cam.com/video/GoLUX6YRpN8/w-d-xo.html
I remember, when I was 7 or 8, we lived in a village of 6000, near Mainz, but on the opposite side of river Rhein, which was another state, but we too had the carneval tradition. Lots of tractors and hangers were processing on the main road, with dressed up teenage girls throwing candy and stuff. Our family was standing in the open windows like everyone else, there was no front lawns, so very close to the street. The girls were waving, and I was waving back. One specific blonde girl, maybe 18 y/o, looked me in the eye and smiled, and I waved back. I turned my head to say something to my mother or father, and when I turned my head back, I was hit directly on the nose by a big orange. The girl was shocked and pretty embarassed and covered her face with both hands.😂 My nose was luckily not broken, though.
Both Karneval and Fasnacht have very ancient roots. Already in ancient Greece people celebrated the Anthesteria, festivities usually held in February, lasting 3 days in which the normal social order was interrupted and social status didn't matter. During that times also ritually demons were chased away. In modern Greece the καρναβάλι (karnavali) of Patras is the most famous with a similar spirit to that in Cologne. And all around the Greek mountains you find traditions of young men dressed with furs and looking scary carrying bells to make noise to chase the winter away.
Carnival, „the end of the meat-season“ or Fastnacht, pretty much literally, „The Eve of Lent“ in Catholic regions is a tradition that‘s basically celebrating the liberty and life before the forty days fasting (= no meat - other foods are theologically perfectly fine; even fish…) and repentance (which to be honest almost nobody still observes, except for some very conservative religious fundamentalists…) leading up to Easter. Hence, the opulent drinking, eating, the costumes, the music, the singing, the jokes (quite often lewd) and… well… pretty much every (carnal) sin - or at least lack of temperance - you can think of. The Mardi Gras in New Orleans has the same root (and iirc even falls on Tuesday before Lent, too).
Hi, P.J.! As a woman from Cologne I shouldn`t say that, but in that video they forgort Karneval in Düsseldorf, the "rival-city" of Cologne (in a funny way)! Düsseldorf is the capital of North-Rhine Westfalia. I never heard of Karneval in Rottweil! 😅(It`s totally different). The Cologne-Karneval is the craziest and like from another planet!!! Everyone adopts everyone! You just should be aware of some too drunken people, later in the evening. Jealousy can be a problem sometimes. But all in all it's a great party. There is "street-Karneval" and Karneval sessions with comedy in the local dialect. Music from local bands in between. The highlight of the street-Karneval/ festival is the “Rose-Monday-procession” where sweets and bouquets of flowers or other little things are thrown into the crowd. There are also some little processions for children outside the city centre. These are of course calmer. I would like to know something about carnival in Puerto Rico! I think, I have to google it! Greetings🥳🍩🍺
Alemannische Fastnet... Ist ne andere, vielleicht steifere und sehr stammes- typische Veranstaltung. In der Schweiz (wo ja auch Alemannen zuhause sind), ist dass ganz ähnlich...
Don't forget the 'School- un Veedelszöch' on Sunday, the procession of schools and neighborhoods. This procession is done by groups from a school or private groups. Sometimes it's a actual neighbourhood some are other groups of likeminded people. Those groups are much smaller than the big carneval associations which make most of mondays procession. This procession has less and smaller carriages but more groups marching and dancing on foot. And yes, both processions have lots of 'kamelle', the candy thrown to the onlookers, especially for the kids of course, but adults love it too.
In the past, only the court jester was allowed to tell the king the unvarnished truth to his face and make fun of him without being punished. Carnival is nothing different. This time was used to tell the clergy and the authorities what the population thought.
Carnival culture is only widespread and celebrated in the Rhineland. In northern and eastern Germany, it is completely unusual and mocked. Carnival is also celebrated there, but only for small children in a very small setting. There are two types of carnival: the Rhineland carnival in the middle and lower Rhine in the west, and the Franconian-Allemannic carnival in the southwest. These also extend into neighboring countries. The Rhenish carnival is also celebrated in parts of the Netherlands, while the Franconian-Allemannic carnival is celebrated in Switzerland. Those responsible are organized in organizations such as clubs: In the Rhineland in carnival societies, many of which have one or more military corps, in Franconia in carnival guilds with regional references to legendary figures. The names vary greatly from region to region, but are always derived from Lent. It means either meatless or the night before Lent. This means that the week before Lent is celebrated once again so that supplies are used up before they spoil during Lent. Carnival is particularly political in the Rhineland. You can criticize the government without fear of consequences, because you are incapable of guilt, you are possessed by a fool. There are also carnival speeches, in which the speaker comments satirically on the past year. Sometimes these are even politicians themselves. The Order Against Animal Seriousness is an annual medal and cultural prize awarded by the Aachen Carnival Association (AKV) to public figures towards the end of the carnival season. The Order against Animal Seriousness is awarded to well-known national and international public figures "who combine individuality, popularity and mother wit (shrewdness), but above all have demonstrated humor and humanity in office". The military corps mentioned above are often dance and/or honor guards. They are a parody of the military of the time. A carnival song was inadvertently played as the national anthem: "We are the indigenous people of Trizonesia", an allusion to the three occupation zones after the Second World War. As there was no German national anthem at the time, the song was played as a substitute at sporting events. In England, it was initially seen as a reference to emerging revanchism, but was later also played as a substitute national anthem. It was also played at a cycling race in Cologne in 1949 during the award ceremony. As the Allied officers present thought it was the German national anthem, they stood up from their seats.
Our nationalists always talk about "German culture," but when I ask them, they can't say what that is. The German federal states do have similarities to the US states, but we must not forget that we are a relatively young nation state. When we talk about home, we usually mean the federal state, the region, the district, or even just the city. We differ in dialect, culture, and tradition. This goes back to the patchwork of the Holy Roman Empire and in some cases further back to the German tribes and even the Germanic tribes.
Nothing "mystical" in germany? Never heard of the famous brothers Grimm (Jacob Grimm (1785-1863) and Wilhelm Grimm (1786-1859), of German fairy tales and legends?
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Carnival as you see it in Germany and neighboring European countries is a custom from the Middle Ages, where subordinates had the only opportunity to express their opinion to the authorities without punishment and to make a fool of them. Free love and unlimited consumption of alcohol before Lent begins is the order of the day.
In south Germany (the people in wooden masks) karneval people are also sympolicly chaising away the winter time and bad gosts. Secound meaning: awake the good gosts of spring time. By the way, karneval comes from the word carnevale which means good bye meat. In past times people had to fast.
After Ash Wednesday the 40 days fasting period until easter starts. Certain foods are supposed to be avoided, especially luxury, on friday only fish, and so on. Ash Wednesday and Kar Friday (Jesus dies on the cross) only one meal is allowed from midnight to midnight. Most fasting is volontary. So people decide what they want to avoid in that time. After popularity: sweets, alcohol, meat, smoking, TV, smartphone/PC, car.
Precursors to carnival were celebrated in Mesopotamia around 5,000 years ago. Even then there was the idea of the principle of equality during the celebrations. For a short time, workers and rulers were on the same level - this principle is still part of the carnival today.11 hours ago
"Carnival" or "Fasnacht" has nothing to do with Halloween. Basically, we don't have Halloween, but it has been practiced here for a few years and in my opinion it's just another unnecessary commercialism from the USA
My oppinion about Halloween nonsens is the Same.
Except that Halloween is an Irish festival. Why from the USA? Because Irish emigrants brought it there.
Why commercialism? Because there are “stupid people” who associate everything you celebrate with having to buy it.
Karneval, Fasching and Fasnacht certainly have a common origin in local festivals that were celebrated to use up perishable food before the start of lent. Over time, dances, costumes and parades were added. In the 19th century, a political dimension was added to the rhenish Karneval/Fasching. At meetings one could make fun of the authorities with impunity. The external expression is the fantasy uniforms and medals. Music is also an important part of the festivities. A special branch of "carnival" music has emerged.
The Swabian-Alemannic Fastnacht is the most traditional form of carnival and has been included in the national list of intangible cultural heritage.
As far as I know, the whip wielders are part of an ensemble consisting of horses and their drivers.
The most dangerous thing about carnival is the alcohol.
I've just read up on the history of the carnival.
Some of the customs were already mentioned in Wolfram von Eschenbach's Parzival minne song from 1206.
And it's more of a "last foolish activity" before the 40 days of Lent.
Some of the customs that are now celebrated in the 6 days before Ash Wednesday used to take place on Epiphany (January 6th), for example the custom of the fool taking over "governmental power".
@@manub.3847 You're definitely right. I presented this in a very abbreviated manner and did not go into the foolish side of the festivities. I also did not go into the pagan origins of the festivities to welcome spring and say goodbye to winter.
The whips belong to the „Bennerrössle“, a horse costume, so it makes sense to use whips, but first and foremost they are there to scare away the winter.
4:00 That is about "fool's liberty" (in German: Narrenfreiheit). Allegedly in former times the court's fool was the only one allowed to criticize the ruler and to make fun of him without fear of punishment - and the same is claimed by "carnivalists" for what is said during Carnival. At different times Carnival was prohibited therefore by the rulers - e.g. during French occupation of the Rhine provinces 1795-1805, or 1807-1815 in Upper Swabia after Napoleon had given Catholic Upper Swabia to his Protestant ally Württemberg.
6:35 The "whips" are called "Karbatschen". Handling them is an art (called "Schnellen") which includes causing supersonic booms. The 2024 world championship was held at the Fool's Meeting in Weingarten at 20 January; however I could not find a video about it. A video from 2018: th-cam.com/video/GNHo938ILIg/w-d-xo.html - some say it is about making noise to drive out winter, but actually it is and was ever only for fun. There are also other noise instruments involved in the traditional Swabian "Fasnet" (or "Fastnacht" - the night(s) before lent = Fastenzeit, while the word Carnival comes either from Latin "carnem levare" = "remove the meat" or "carne vale" = "good bye, meat").
At www.youtube.com/@kartade you could find more videos about the Swabian-Alemannic Carnival or Fasnet, especially of the big Fool's Meeting: th-cam.com/video/V04l2ZhfGsg/w-d-xo.html, th-cam.com/video/jjh5LG93OKg/w-d-xo.html, th-cam.com/video/X5Q1iZFQDd8/w-d-xo.html
Just because people wear costumes, Carnival is not at all „basically a longer Halloween“!
It‘s so much more than that, but probably hard to explain to people from outside of Europe.
Also, in the US, the term Carnival is used for traveling funfair or circus. This might be a bit confusing.
In (the catholic parts of) Germany and many Roman Catholic countries (famous examples: Rio de Janeiro and Venice), Carnival is… Carnival. The merrymaking before lent. So our Carnival is what you call Mardi Gras in some parts of the US - but we celebrate it differently, of course.
Halloween - the original Irish Halloween - All Hallow’s Eve, is also a catholic tradition, so there are some similarities to that indeed, but sadly, the Halloween in the US, as it is today, is quite detached from its roots. In my eyes, Halloween in the US is only commerce. Just fun, costumes and party, but with no deeper meaning.
Imagine a shell that you find in a beach: It‘s nice, but the life that was once inside of it, is long gone.
In the US, you have a tendency to celebrate the shells, but you don’t value the muscle that was once inside of it. So you get rid of it. It’s long gone and forgotten. The soul of it is missing.
For us, the shell (in case of Carnival: partying, having fun, drinking alcohol) is nice and definitely plays a huge roll, but we also highly value the muscle, the tradition(s) behind of it, the deeper meaning, the flesh, the life, the SOUL of it all.
That you commercialize so many traditions and forget about the rest is really something that often saddens me about the US.
Carnival and Fasching are fundamentally different from Fasnacht. What they all have in common is that it's fun time and a time to make fun of the mighty, which is why these customs are also temporarily banned.
But the Fasnacht is much older and is a remnant from pre-Christian times and, as you have noticed, served to drive out the demons of winter. 😉
sorry to slightly disagree: Yes, the traditions are different but like the Rhineland carnival, the Swabian-Alemannic Fastnacht or Fasnet (carnival) also has its origins also in festivals that served to use up perishable food before the start of Lent (the perfect moment to throw a party and fill your belly).
There is evidence of such events throughout Central Europe from around the 13th century. The oldest masks, such as devils therefore also have a connection to Christianity ( obviously). Christianity is therefore a prerequisite for both kinds of carnival. More precisely, Catholicism.
Yes, In many parts of the world, there is some kind of tradition of dressing up or wearing masks, even from Roman times (the Saturnalia), but this was not Fastnacht or Carnival. Of course, it is possible that similar customs in some Alpine valleys managed to survive the "Catholic centuries". But given the power of the church at the time, I think it is unlikely that there was any kind of "continuity of carnival customs". Many of the customs only emerged when the Catholic Church began to lose influence - during the Age of Enlightenment/Baroque and later. The elaborate disguises and wooden masks of the Swabian-Alemannic carnival, for example, first came into fashion during the Baroque period and have clear Italian influences from the Commedia dell'Arte. (Yes some of them look and feel much older, but they aren't)
(Ich war früher übrigens auch Hästräger 🙂)
I bet a lot of people in Colone got birthday exactly 9 months after the Karneval. 😅
I moved to Bonn and let me tell you, they really do
@@Aereton war ja klar! 🤣🤣🤣
The whips and bells have generally the same purpose: making noise
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Bells of all sizes are most popular - they need no skills (albeit with bells as the costumes at 5:05 carry those add up to 11 - 20 kg).
There are also wooden rattles of all types. But speaking of "skills" - some are in their own league
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Back to Rottweil. The legend is that horse drovers from a village outside of Rottweil drove their horses through the city before the parade - as they were not allowed to take part in the parade itself. Here a video from the start of the parade at the Black Gate at 8am.
th-cam.com/video/gyOjojinhNY/w-d-xo.html
And also here we have a show of "special skills". The horse drovers aim to to shorten the feathers on the head of the horse. At 4:52 you can see a good hit. And you can see that those horses are still before the "real" parade, which starts with the "fools' angel" in red-white carrying the coat of arms of Rottweil ("from here on citizens only").
The horse and related drover costumes stay in the same families.
Traditionally it was about turning the strict power structure upside down.The people that are usually powerless, like women in the middle ages, took power for a while. Rules of modesty were loosened. On the other hand, the powerful were publicly mocked, which would usually get people drawn and quartered. When Napoleon occupied the Cologne region, they mocked his powerful army and dressed up as Napoleon Military while dancing like can-can girls. This old uniforms style is still recognizeable in today's carnival clubs. It looks kinda like US marching bands plus cheerleaders, but both with tricorn hats and lots of ruffles.
Karneval has nothing to with Halloween.
In the core the same roots, like with traditions at St. Martins Day, Epiphany (Star Singers), and others around Christian holidays.
The German phrase is "Heische-Brauch", from the verb "erheischen", literally something as: acquire custom.
I.e. performing something and getting - with luck - some reward for this. Including dressing up and citing or singing texts.
Traditionally in the first place done by young adults. And no sweets (like today at Carneval or Halloween). Children were happy if they gained a pretzel or a Fastnachtsküchle (Carnival Fritters?). The highest reward was a sausage. Sausages play still some role, e.g. as (artifical) assecoir of some customes in Rottweil.
The roles who is looking for a reward changed after the Middle Ages from fools to spectators. While in Cologne and Mainz, the spectators are "rewarded" basically for showing up and cheering, in Rottweil you still have to cite a Heische-Spruch (acquire quote) to gain any sweets.
In nearby Oberndorf, you may still acquire a sausage after some treatment (vegetarians should better stand in the second row).
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They didn't show the really scary masks,.you used exactly the right words!😊
I remember, when I was 7 or 8, we lived in a village of 6000, near Mainz, but on the opposite side of river Rhein, which was another state, but we too had the carneval tradition. Lots of tractors and hangers were processing on the main road, with dressed up teenage girls throwing candy and stuff.
Our family was standing in the open windows like everyone else, there was no front lawns, so very close to the street.
The girls were waving, and I was waving back. One specific blonde girl, maybe 18 y/o, looked me in the eye and smiled, and I waved back. I turned my head to say something to my mother or father, and when I turned my head back, I was hit directly on the nose by a big orange.
The girl was shocked and pretty embarassed and covered her face with both hands.😂 My nose was luckily not broken, though.
Both Karneval and Fasnacht have very ancient roots.
Already in ancient Greece people celebrated the Anthesteria, festivities usually held in February, lasting 3 days in which the normal social order was interrupted and social status didn't matter. During that times also ritually demons were chased away.
In modern Greece the καρναβάλι (karnavali) of Patras is the most famous with a similar spirit to that in Cologne. And all around the Greek mountains you find traditions of young men dressed with furs and looking scary carrying bells to make noise to chase the winter away.
Carnival, „the end of the meat-season“ or Fastnacht, pretty much literally, „The Eve of Lent“ in Catholic regions is a tradition that‘s basically celebrating the liberty and life before the forty days fasting (= no meat - other foods are theologically perfectly fine; even fish…) and repentance (which to be honest almost nobody still observes, except for some very conservative religious fundamentalists…) leading up to Easter. Hence, the opulent drinking, eating, the costumes, the music, the singing, the jokes (quite often lewd) and… well… pretty much every (carnal) sin - or at least lack of temperance - you can think of. The Mardi Gras in New Orleans has the same root (and iirc even falls on Tuesday before Lent, too).
They don't Show the Dancing it called Gardetanz and is special for carnival
Hi, P.J.! As a woman from Cologne I shouldn`t say that, but in that video they forgort Karneval in Düsseldorf, the "rival-city" of Cologne (in a funny way)! Düsseldorf is the capital of North-Rhine Westfalia. I never heard of Karneval in Rottweil! 😅(It`s totally different).
The Cologne-Karneval is the craziest and like from another planet!!! Everyone adopts everyone! You just should be aware of some too drunken people, later in the evening. Jealousy can be a problem sometimes. But all in all it's a great party. There is "street-Karneval" and Karneval sessions with comedy in the local dialect. Music from local bands in between.
The highlight of the street-Karneval/ festival is the “Rose-Monday-procession” where sweets and bouquets of flowers or other little things are thrown into the crowd. There are also some little processions for children outside the city centre. These are of course calmer.
I would like to know something about carnival in Puerto Rico! I think, I have to google it!
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Alemannische Fastnet... Ist ne andere, vielleicht steifere und sehr stammes- typische Veranstaltung. In der Schweiz (wo ja auch Alemannen zuhause sind), ist dass ganz ähnlich...
Micky, Helau aus Düsseldorf und viel Spaß dir🎉
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Don't forget the 'School- un Veedelszöch' on Sunday, the procession of schools and neighborhoods. This procession is done by groups from a school or private groups. Sometimes it's a actual neighbourhood some are other groups of likeminded people. Those groups are much smaller than the big carneval associations which make most of mondays procession. This procession has less and smaller carriages but more groups marching and dancing on foot. And yes, both processions have lots of 'kamelle', the candy thrown to the onlookers, especially for the kids of course, but adults love it too.
Hi, not synchrone for me, check your video!? Greetings from Germany
In the past, only the court jester was allowed to tell the king the unvarnished truth to his face and make fun of him without being punished. Carnival is nothing different. This time was used to tell the clergy and the authorities what the population thought.
Carnival culture is only widespread and celebrated in the Rhineland. In northern and eastern Germany, it is completely unusual and mocked. Carnival is also celebrated there, but only for small children in a very small setting. There are two types of carnival: the Rhineland carnival in the middle and lower Rhine in the west, and the Franconian-Allemannic carnival in the southwest. These also extend into neighboring countries. The Rhenish carnival is also celebrated in parts of the Netherlands, while the Franconian-Allemannic carnival is celebrated in Switzerland. Those responsible are organized in organizations such as clubs: In the Rhineland in carnival societies, many of which have one or more military corps, in Franconia in carnival guilds with regional references to legendary figures. The names vary greatly from region to region, but are always derived from Lent. It means either meatless or the night before Lent. This means that the week before Lent is celebrated once again so that supplies are used up before they spoil during Lent. Carnival is particularly political in the Rhineland. You can criticize the government without fear of consequences, because you are incapable of guilt, you are possessed by a fool. There are also carnival speeches, in which the speaker comments satirically on the past year. Sometimes these are even politicians themselves. The Order Against Animal Seriousness is an annual medal and cultural prize awarded by the Aachen Carnival Association (AKV) to public figures towards the end of the carnival season. The Order against Animal Seriousness is awarded to well-known national and international public figures "who combine individuality, popularity and mother wit (shrewdness), but above all have demonstrated humor and humanity in office". The military corps mentioned above are often dance and/or honor guards. They are a parody of the military of the time. A carnival song was inadvertently played as the national anthem: "We are the indigenous people of Trizonesia", an allusion to the three occupation zones after the Second World War. As there was no German national anthem at the time, the song was played as a substitute at sporting events. In England, it was initially seen as a reference to emerging revanchism, but was later also played as a substitute national anthem. It was also played at a cycling race in Cologne in 1949 during the award ceremony. As the Allied officers present thought it was the German national anthem, they stood up from their seats.
Our nationalists always talk about "German culture," but when I ask them, they can't say what that is. The German federal states do have similarities to the US states, but we must not forget that we are a relatively young nation state. When we talk about home, we usually mean the federal state, the region, the district, or even just the city. We differ in dialect, culture, and tradition. This goes back to the patchwork of the Holy Roman Empire and in some cases further back to the German tribes and even the Germanic tribes.
Nothing "mystical" in germany? Never heard of the famous brothers Grimm (Jacob Grimm (1785-1863) and Wilhelm Grimm (1786-1859), of German fairy tales and legends?
Brothers Grimm...?
That’s exactly what I thought when PJ brought up the „magical side“ of Germany that he wasn’t expecting.
New Video for you from Düsseldorf Carnival: th-cam.com/video/oz-yVD9zb4s/w-d-xo.html
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