Sunday, November 21, 2010

Winter walking in Cologne and du Carrousel of streets

Der Karneval Germany Carnival

Winter in Europe, a bit cold, but in no way affect the romantic walk in the meantime.

Cold coffee, more thick mellow depression; the Sun, in winter it is warm sun. The street these days and beautiful beauty makeup mask, invite you to participate in Germany annual largest open-air folk festival celebrations-Carnival.

Carnival in Germany, will give you some extraordinary winter memories!

Each of the 11 November 11 11 minutes start until 2 years of the end-February 1

Cologne and Düsseldorf entered the "fifth season", during this period, a series of activities, but the climax of the Festival at the end of January of each year at the end of February, just in time-and China's Lunar New year.

Germany many cities hosting Carnival activities, but most prestigious Carnival celebrations in Cologne and Düsseldorf the two adjacent to the city.

Carnival is the traditional festival of Germany old, can be viewed as Germany's Spring Festival, people through various activities to express them resist the devil, the expulsion of the spring, winter, meet to celebrate the joy of the harvest.

People and the festivity, drinking, dancing mad song, inauguration, held various celebrations.

The mystery of the Carnival, Germany is the world's most romantic and most lively folk festivals.

Many people go abroad, to cast aside the usual, to make an overseas short really want to play the role. Come to Germany Carnival, your true face is completely hidden in various types of masks, regardless of gender, occupation, age, have no meaning. You will be immersed in a farm belonging to the European marketplace on the stage of life, experience the mask real free and unrestrained!

Germany Carnival will play, coming soon.

Please you to experience this most fascinating festivals. She's sucking, is in her piece, let the spirit of the wanton unrestrained imagination.

History of Cologne Carnival

Cologne Carnival history almost and Cologne in the long history of same.

However, such organized to celebrate Carnival just started in 180 years ago. Ancient Greece and ancient Rome people during the happy Spring Festival with wine, women and singing to honour the Dionysian and Roman god of agriculture. The Germanic people celebrate the winter solstice to the worship of God expressed on and off wicked winter demon. Later Christians inherits this pagan customs. Accompanied by Carnival (carne vale = physical comfortable!) start, four before Easter lent started.

In the middle ages, the Carnival is the "happy inauguration", often in very severe forms to the municipal government and Church very angry.

Ban and Decree little, people still sticks, crazy happy to celebrate the Festival.

In the 18th century, and the street carnival is laugh together are the so-called "model of Venice masquerade".

Boisterous masks and masquerade, but initially restricted to the nobility and wealthy people. In 1736, Cologne in new market aristocratic Palace next to the first "Masquerade". Nearly 50 years later, Cologne was France's military occupation of the revolution. However, the new rulers allows locals hold their enjoyment of the procession. Soon after the domination of this land to Prussian people harshly, but doesn't stop people continue their followers in Cologne. Carnival gradually become more romantic and urbanization. It becomes somewhat convergence, order! Additionally, people came up with a new idea, i.e., the election of the Carnival of the hero "," that is, our Prince. 1823 year, "the Committee" established the order of the Festival. The then 10 February, Cologne for the first time in four lent before the Carnival parade was held on Monday, the slogan is "Carnival of Heroes ceremony he reigned."

Procession in red sparks-just set up your own societies of the former City of soldiers, slave and Maid dressed up as clown and Cologne's "farmers and Virgin" to have a free city of the Empire to commemorate in Cologne.

At that time like today, a man makeup into Virgo. Festival Committee established, Cologne people. Carnival associations sprang to. In 1860, the first "ghost Parade" in the Carnival on Saturday evening. Even after the beginning of the 20 th century, the "create a fool community" activities still ascendant. 1902 born of honor, as farmers and Virgin's security guards. In 1906, Carnival Prince is equipped with Prince guard, other societies have been established. Willie · Osterman's songs and authentic "Grete Fluss" makes the Cologne Carnival spans the boundaries and famous cities.

Carnival speakers and singers "Conference organized by the various" is November 11 – Carnival opening day to four Monday before the lent of major programmes for the period.

Today is still the case.

Bläck Fööss today, such as, Höhner and Paveier, "GNOME strange" or "advertising expert" is "Cologne's fifth season" brand logos. Red Sparks "Stipefoettchen dance", which is world famous for pomp and soldiers of a satirical drama.

Now Cologne has 160 Carnival societies, hometown associations, urban communities.

Their organization around 500 field activities, dance and parade to celebrate "the city" Festival.

2009 Carnival of the most exciting events calendar: at the end of February

Activity name: woman Carnival

Date: February 19, 2009, Thursday,

Locations: Cologne, Düsseldorf

Active content:

The Thursday before the end of the Carnival is known as the "woman", it is the Mardi Gras climax period.

In "woman Festival", often to show women seize the comedy, the usual solemn Beau Germany women, on this day as if it were a volcano while lettingDischarge of his own feelings. They go into the Town Hall, broke into the Mayor's Office, sitting Mayor office chair announced takeover of City Government. This comedy hit both performance and satisfaction at, filled with romantic. This one day most men fear is fear of women cut off his tie. On that day, if you're wearing brand ties, but do not take to the streets. Germany girls at night after the crowds with scissors in the streets, pushed jostled to squeeze in the men's ties to shear. That day in the vicinity of the airport of Cologne is hung with cut ties. But many men deliberately buy some broken even made of paper to take to the streets to get a tie leads and Christina flirting girl. Famous Düsseldorf Street Carnival on February 19, section "woman." 11 a.m. 11 points, a group of crazy woman burst into the Town Hall, the symbolic order announced takeover of City Government. They also took the scissors to cut men's ties.

Activities: for tourists and locals Carnival party organized by the

Event date: February 21, 2009 at

Venue: Cologne

Active content:

By then, the participants will be accompanied by a Carnival music as well as the current popular international swing dance music rhythm song dancing.

Of course, participate in the day the party guests will also learn about some of the Cologne Carnival.

For example, what is "long live the Cologne three breath" ("Kölle Alaaf" Drei Mal)? bodyguards assume responsibilities? "dancer little Maria" ("Tanzmariechen") what? a facilitator will speak German-English language program, chaired by the foreign guests to explain the basic concepts of Carnival.

Event date: February 21, 2009 at

Location: Düsseldorf

Active content:

In the King's Road, the men themselves put on high heels, instead of looking for a wife to wear high-heeled shoes shopping bag.

Evening 6 points, dressed in a woman's clothes, men began to compete for the "Queen", that runs much quicker and better, heel of the highest, most beautiful clothes, performing the most unusual of athletes will be the ultimate winners.

Activities: City parade

Event date: February 2009 22: 28 pm

Location: Düsseldorf

Active content:

Mardi Gras Parade on Sunday as it was a city.

The parade of colorful floats,

Marching band and dance matrix, meandering through the whole city.

Activities: rose Monday parade (Carnival climax)

Event date: February 23, 2009, Monday

Locations: Cologne, Dusseldorf, Mainz, Berlin

Active content:

On this day there are two activities: first, the make-up parade, the second is a large Carnival meetings and dance.

The "rose Monday" (Rose Monday) 10: 49 am, on behalf of the carnival procession of climax.

People drinking beer, small groups, Squeezebox, dressed in colorful costumes, wearing strange masked, walking in the street gaily. Dressed in colorful costumes of the band walking in the forefront of the procession, followed by large floats. One of the magnificent and gorgeous dazzling Prince, Princess is particularly amusing floats. Demons, were dressed in clown, on behalf of the tall in all sectors of the historical character of makeup team. Roadside police authority of isolationism, let the girls face underline colorful lip. Endless parade, with thousands of performing teams, each square has its own bands, floats and unique apparel that makes people for dinner. There is a wide variety of floral float model, many of today's leaders, Putin, Bush, Saddam and bin Laden, and so tend to be chosen as mockery object. Truck road, street and thousands of spectators chanting "to my sugar!" and "give me sugar!", large chunks of chocolate, confectionery and countless flowers from the float as the rain fell in General. Children are a great hanging chest pocket, grilled on the floor trying to pick up the sugar, the adults then jumped up, from the air intercept large blocks of chocolate. Some people simply down to cite an umbrella or a hat, is fulfilled. Carnival is the most popular confectionery business. This Carnival scenes lasted five hours, usually vigilantly Germany, rounder has finally also crazy.

"Crazy Monday" is a project of the last night of Carnival dance.

People dressed in clothes, face mask, worn exaggerated dressed up as a clown, madman, took to the streets. Accompanying in Mardi Gras song, I saw everywhere "qunmoluanwu", a jubilant, lasted until midnight. In "crazy Monday" in the evening, every open window to the Angel face into the home. In the evening everybody must be before the lent us to play a celebrated in autumn season's harvest. Carnival of three elements, that is, and eat drink, noisy and makeup.

Cologne for the largest number of viewers, up to 100 million people.

Düsseldorf of revellers from vehicles to the crowd of ten thousand tons of confectionery, approximately 70 floats, 80 dress different walking team and 40 road live band participated in the parade, street side of the onlookers and wasted.

The procession of people not wearing a whimsical hat, is dressed in clothes, large floats of the land is full of political dignitaries and celebrities like giant simulation through the old city, after a long history of the Town Hall, along the King's road to Friedrich Street. Constitute a "rose Monday parade".

Other parts of the Carnival activities:

MUI Mainz (Mainz) giant Carnival Association Conference (große Sitzung des Karnevalsvereins), and even to many European countries for TV Live (luminaries

live“ übertragen)。 1983 number MUI Mainz's longest parade, up to 7 km/h.

In the southern Schwaben region Roth Weir and Philippine forest root also has a large parade festivities.

Jochen. Shi feicht is the Black Forest town of hausach Culture Secretary, his doctoral dissertation topic is the area of Carnival. He said: "Schwaben region's Carnival parade, you can see wooden masks, bells, draw colored robe, with a medieval flavour of costumes, the parade of people wearing masks, to completely fail to see their true colors, that is, they hide their true identity. "

The "Rose Parade" (2007)

The procession length: 6 km

Parade line length: 6.5 km.

March of time: about 3 hours,

9 000 men and women participants,

117 from Cologne and surrounding areas and a number of European countries by the band.

Throwing products (participants of their own pocket): 140 tons of dessert, 700,000 plate of chocolate, chocolate, box advanced 220,000 300,000 small nosegay, thousands of fabric dolls and other gifts.

74 Festival floats,

67 tractors,

50 car equipment on the car as well as 350 horses.

Use of material: 4,200 m roof cross timbers, 5,000 Mirza reinforcement steel wire, wire mesh, 6,500 m 2,000 hard fibreboard, 75 kg nails and u-shaped hooks, 3,600 kg pigment, 10 kg adhesive, 500 square meters of particleboard and emission, 10 square metres of foam.

Festival yamahoko manufacturing costs and the costs of the band: 650,000 euros.

Total cost: EUR 230 million.

Cologne

Attractions:

-Cathedral

-Rhine

-Old town

-The Chocolate Museum

Gastronomy:

-Pork knuckle with meal

-Cologne brewery

Düsseldorf

Attractions:

-Old town, the "world's longest bar street"

-Media port (the famous building)

-King Street (fashion street)

Gastronomy:

Dusseldorf old brewing "Chen beer"

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