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Encyclopedia > Cologne carnival
Das Kölner Dreigestirn 2005 (Jungfrau, Prinz, Bauer)
Kölner Rosenmontagszug (2004)

The Cologne carnival is a carnival that takes place in Cologne every year starting at 11:11 on November 11 culminating in a week-long street festival leading up to Ash Wednesday. The highlight of the carnival is the Rosenmontag which takes place on the Monday. The typical cry during the festival is "Kölle Alaaf!", a Kölsch phrase which can be roughly translated as "Cologne over all!". Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1712x1868, 1444 KB) de: Das Kölner Kölner Dreigestirn 2005 Press picture taken from [1] Press spokesman Sigrid Krebs was asked before by Flominator en:The Trifolium (trefoil, or cloverleaf), or representatives of the Cologne Carnival, are the three characters... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1712x1868, 1444 KB) de: Das Kölner Kölner Dreigestirn 2005 Press picture taken from [1] Press spokesman Sigrid Krebs was asked before by Flominator en:The Trifolium (trefoil, or cloverleaf), or representatives of the Cologne Carnival, are the three characters... Image File history File links Rosenmontagszug_Koeln_2004. ... Image File history File links Rosenmontagszug_Koeln_2004. ... This article describes the festival season. ... , For other uses, see Cologne (disambiguation). ... November 11 is the 315th day of the year (316th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 50 days remaining. ... In the Western Christian calendar, Ash Wednesday is the first day of Lent. ... George W. Bush gets a noseful of Ahmadinejads Armpit of Evil on this carnival float in Düsseldorf Rosenmontag (literally Rose Monday) is the highlight of the German Karneval (carnival), and is on the Collop Monday before Ash Wednesday, the beginning of Lent. ... Kölsch is a very closely related small set of dialects, or variants, of the Ripuarian Middle German group of languages. ...


Every year there are 3 men (the Dreigestirn) who are granted the titles of Jungfrau, Prinz, and Bauer (virgin, prince and farmer), who pay a large sum of money for their privileges. The carnival prince is deemed to be the highest representative of the festivities, leading the main parades throughout the week.


The carnival is run by the Festkomitee Kölner Karneval, who were founded in 1823 1823 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ...


As there have been continuously more than one million spectators on the streets every year [1] Cologne carnival is one of the largest street festivals in Europe. In recent years it has been bigger than London's Notting Hill Carnival. Participant in Notting Hill Carnival parade Notting Hill Carnival is an annual event which takes place in Notting Hill, London, England each August, over two days (Sunday and the following bank holiday). ...


Notes

  1. ^ The organizers put the number around 1.4 million, but authorities give the number "more than one million" German embassy article

External Links

  • Carnival - Cologne`s “fifth season”
  • 2000 years of carnival
  • Carnival in Germany 2007
  • General info

German Carnival Singers And Bands

Alt-Schuss, Bernd Stelter, Bläck Fööss, Brings, Colör, Dä Radschläger, De Fätzer, De Höhner, Die 3 Colonias, De Kläävbotze, De Klüngelköpp, Kolibris, Marie Luise Nikuta, Paveier, Paraplüs, Rabaue, De Räuber, Die Rheinländer, Schmitti, De Vajabunde,


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LOOKING AHEAD TO CARNIVAL; Cologne - New York Times (709 words)
Well, the carnival is when Cologne goes berserk in a fifth season of boisterous reveling, tomfoolery, masquerading, drinking and dancing in the streets that belies everything you may have heard about Germanic stodginess and seriousness.
It is also the longest carnival season anywhere, beginning sharply at 11:11 A.M. on the 11th day of the 11th month each year, accelerating crazily with an average of 500 costume balls and merrymaking assemblies after New Year's, and erupting in a burst of outdoor festivities on the six days before Ash Wednesday.
The first written references to carnival in Cologne date from the 12th century, and many of the forms that the festival takes today can be traced to activities in the Middle Ages.
Karneval (2788 words)
Carnival is celebrated in many parts of the world.
Carnival parades are organiced even in some predominantly Protestant cities, such as Frankfurt, on the Sunday before Ash Wednesday.
Common to all types of Carnival customs, although carried out in various ways and versions, are the "fools' trials." Community members, who have violated unwritten norms of behavior, are reprimanded in word or deed.
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