It's so funny for me that Polish Independence Day is on same day as... Pepero Day in South Korea

I'll give you some Pepero!

Lol 11th of November in Germany is the officialy first day of carneval season on exactly 11:11am and usualy lasts till "ash wednesday" wich is if I'm not mistaken usualy 40 days before easter.

Last year was hella crazy cause people celebrated the shit out of it in some cities while everyone was still super concerned about COVID

You will mostly see people dressed like this

and also other types of costumes, who than mostly gather around in cities like Düsseldorf, Cologne,... and some other places who are known for their big carneval culture and than celebrate when the clock reads 11:11am.

We also do have a genre with just music for this season or music who is assosciated with this so called "5th season"

Example songs:

Some songs are also associated with a "Polonaise" aka you run in a line while touching other people's shoulders

Those songs are often (not allways) sung in a specific dialect (Platt German from the Rhein-area) and typicaly either with funny text or made to make feel people special for the ocasion. Also many of the musicians who make music for the carneval season are mostly associated with carneval, even if they make music the rest of the year too

BTW on "Rosenmontag" ( Eng: Rose monday) mostly held around 2 days before ash wendesday if I'm not mistaken, people in many cities and towns go to watch parades of their own village, town or city and some of the biggest parades are than also broadcasted on TV. But before those big parades are broadcasted, you will find many days in months of November till February a lot shows of the "Karnevals Vereine" (Carnavals clubs) on different TV channel so that people who arn't a member of it can still watch it. Its mostly a mix of dancing, singing and comedy where in the back of the stage most of the time the carneval's prince of the club sists with his princess and some other people.

Most small places only have 1 but many places more carnevals prince and princess beecause it depends on how many "Schützenvereine" (Shooting clubs) exist in the village, town or city you are in.

Schützenvereine often meet up just once or twice a year and one time a year they have a contest to figure out who's the next prince or princess of the following carnival season. The contest is simple: You get to shoot on a clay dove and the person who gets it to fall down wins. There is also a child-version where kids can become the prince and princess but IDK how exactly it works for kids since I think kids are not allowed to shoot.

For the parades the last wagon who will go around in each parade is allways the wagon with the carnevals prince and princess of the place you are in.

The parades also have some marching bands and girls who run with it in specific costumes who also often show dancing on the carnevals club meetings (the girls are usually called "Funkemariechen" and their dancing performances look similiar to cheerleaders)

BTW costumes on parades can differ depending on the region you are in

Example Braunschweig:

Example Augsburg:

Example Cologne:

Exmple Düsseldorf:

Example Berlin:

Most of the wagons do have a specific theme on wich people work for a long time. Example in 2021 people represented COVID in their theme a lot. Some of the big parades are often also quit divided since some do it more for fun and others use more political themes depending on the city. One big example is Cologne vs. Düsseldorf. Cologne is a bit more on the fun side while Düsseldorf's wagons are often a bit more political. The most diverse one is probably in Berlin since they love to represent the different cultures who are living there

Another thing about the parades is that many wagons have people sitting on them who trow candy on people. It's a highlight for many small kids who love to collect the candy

bartkun

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Lol 11th of November in Germany is the officialy first day of carneval season on exactly 11:11am and usualy lasts till "ash wednesday" wich is if I'm not mistaken usualy 40 days before easter.

Last year was hella crazy cause people celebrated the shit out of it in some cities while everyone was still super concerned about COVID

You will mostly see people dressed like this

and also other types of costumes, who than mostly gather around in cities like Düsseldorf, Cologne,... and some other places who are known for their big carneval culture and than celebrate when the clock reads 11:11am.

We also do have a genre with just music for this season or music who is assosciated with this so called "5th season"

Example songs:

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Some songs are also associated with a "Polonaise" aka you run in a line while touching other people's shoulders

Those songs are often (not allways) sung in a specific dialect (Platt German from the Rhein-area) and typicaly either with funny text or made to make feel people special for the ocasion. Also many of the musicians who make music for the carneval season are mostly associated with carneval, even if they make music the rest of the year too

BTW on "Rosenmontag" ( Eng: Rose monday) mostly held around 2 days before ash wendesday if I'm not mistaken, people in many cities and towns go to watch parades of their own village, town or city and some of the biggest parades are than also broadcasted on TV. But before those big parades are broadcasted, you will find many days in months of November till February a lot shows of the "Karnevals Vereine" (Carnavals clubs) on different TV channel so that people who arn't a member of it can still watch it. Its mostly a mix of dancing, singing and comedy where in the back of the stage most of the time the carneval's prince of the club sists with his princess and some other people.

Most small places only have 1 but many places more carnevals prince and princess beecause it depends on how many "Schützenvereine" (Shooting clubs) exist in the village, town or city you are in.

Schützenvereine often meet up just once or twice a year and one time a year they have a contest to figure out who's the next prince or princess of the following carnival season. The contest is simple: You get to shoot on a clay dove and the person who gets it to fall down wins. There is also a child-version where kids can become the prince and princess but IDK how exactly it works for kids since I think kids are not allowed to shoot.

For the parades the last wagon who will go around in each parade is allways the wagon with the carnevals prince and princess of the place you are in.

The parades also have some marching bands and girls who run with it in specific costumes who also often show dancing on the carnevals club meetings (the girls are usually called "Funkemariechen" and their dancing performances look similiar to cheerleaders)

BTW costumes on parades can differ depending on the region you are in

Example Braunschweig:

Example Augsburg:

Example Cologne:

Exmple Düsseldorf:

Example Berlin:

Most of the wagons do have a specific theme on wich people work for a long time. Example in 2021 people represented COVID in their theme a lot. Some of the big parades are often also quit divided since some do it more for fun and others use more political themes depending on the city. One big example is Cologne vs. Düsseldorf. Cologne is a bit more on the fun side while Düsseldorf's wagons are often a bit more political. The most diverse one is probably in Berlin since they love to represent the different cultures who are living there

Another thing about the parades is that many wagons have people sitting on them who trow candy on people. It's a highlight for many small kids who love to collect the candy

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All of that sounds like a ton of fun!

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Lol 11th of November in Germany is the officialy first day of carneval season on exactly 11:11am and usualy lasts till "ash wednesday" wich is if I'm not mistaken usualy 40 days before easter.

Last year was hella crazy cause people celebrated the shit out of it in some cities while everyone was still super concerned about COVID

You will mostly see people dressed like this

and also other types of costumes, who than mostly gather around in cities like Düsseldorf, Cologne,... and some other places who are known for their big carneval culture and than celebrate when the clock reads 11:11am.

We also do have a genre with just music for this season or music who is assosciated with this so called "5th season"

Example songs:

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Some songs are also associated with a "Polonaise" aka you run in a line while touching other people's shoulders

Those songs are often (not allways) sung in a specific dialect (Platt German from the Rhein-area) and typicaly either with funny text or made to make feel people special for the ocasion. Also many of the musicians who make music for the carneval season are mostly associated with carneval, even if they make music the rest of the year too

BTW on "Rosenmontag" ( Eng: Rose monday) mostly held around 2 days before ash wendesday if I'm not mistaken, people in many cities and towns go to watch parades of their own village, town or city and some of the biggest parades are than also broadcasted on TV. But before those big parades are broadcasted, you will find many days in months of November till February a lot shows of the "Karnevals Vereine" (Carnavals clubs) on different TV channel so that people who arn't a member of it can still watch it. Its mostly a mix of dancing, singing and comedy where in the back of the stage most of the time the carneval's prince of the club sists with his princess and some other people.

Most small places only have 1 but many places more carnevals prince and princess beecause it depends on how many "Schützenvereine" (Shooting clubs) exist in the village, town or city you are in.

Schützenvereine often meet up just once or twice a year and one time a year they have a contest to figure out who's the next prince or princess of the following carnival season. The contest is simple: You get to shoot on a clay dove and the person who gets it to fall down wins. There is also a child-version where kids can become the prince and princess but IDK how exactly it works for kids since I think kids are not allowed to shoot.

For the parades the last wagon who will go around in each parade is allways the wagon with the carnevals prince and princess of the place you are in.

The parades also have some marching bands and girls who run with it in specific costumes who also often show dancing on the carnevals club meetings (the girls are usually called "Funkemariechen" and their dancing performances look similiar to cheerleaders)

BTW costumes on parades can differ depending on the region you are in

Example Braunschweig:

Example Augsburg:

Example Cologne:

Exmple Düsseldorf:

Example Berlin:

Most of the wagons do have a specific theme on wich people work for a long time. Example in 2021 people represented COVID in their theme a lot. Some of the big parades are often also quit divided since some do it more for fun and others use more political themes depending on the city. One big example is Cologne vs. Düsseldorf. Cologne is a bit more on the fun side while Düsseldorf's wagons are often a bit more political. The most diverse one is probably in Berlin since they love to represent the different cultures who are living there

Another thing about the parades is that many wagons have people sitting on them who trow candy on people. It's a highlight for many small kids who love to collect the candy

bartkun

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This looks amazing

it's also rememberance day in Australia