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Old November 11th, 2018 #1
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Default Anybody else here detest carnival ?

It's 11-11 where I live, in other words the legendary "5th season" is upon us . .






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Anybody else detest this?

As for me I just find it boring . . . the whole year people act embittered about their lives , on carnival everyone is suddenly supposed to "cheer" . . .

Sodom and Gomorrah if you ask me.


ALL FOOLISH , BOOZING WITH NO END , NOISE , SEX , EVERYBODY PRATTLING IN THEIR LOCAL DIALECTS . . .

Hmmmm . .

How 'godly' is that supposed to be? ( ironic , since carnival is supposedly so "Christian" . . . . .)

It started out in medieval times as an idea of cheering in order to cast out the "winter demons" . . .



. . . with all cheering , however , people should keep in mind that , after all , they were "mortals". . . .


. . . weird custom . . .

Look , I'm not a philistine in any way and think I can even claim of myself to be a humorous person , but this custom . . .

Just find it hypocritical.

Well , nice carnival though to those who're fond of it . .


At least keep it European. .

You know . . .




. . . as opposed to 'mud-carnival' . .


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio_Carnival

. . which , I admit , even beats the crap more . . .

Part of European "customs" , whatever . . .


 
Old November 11th, 2018 #2
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Carnival? I thought that was in brazil. What is that some sort of euro version of mardi gras?
 
Old November 11th, 2018 #3
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Carnival? I thought that was in brazil. What is that some sort of euro version of mardi gras?
I was looking for a 'neutral' word , lol

May in some places be referred to as 'Mardi Gras'
 
Old February 24th, 2019 #4
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Well . . now we are approaching it all . . the first celebrations started . . Let‘s see what ideas they bring this year . .
 
Old February 24th, 2019 #5
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I was looking for a 'neutral' word , lol

May in some places be referred to as 'Mardi Gras'
It is Mardi Gras or Fat Tuesday, here in the US. Really confined to New Orleans.

I have never been there.

I have heard Italy has the best Carnival.

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It is Mardi Gras or Fat Tuesday, here in the US. Really confined to New Orleans.

I have never been there.

I have heard Italy has the best Carnival.

Venice Carnival 2015 - Carnevale di Venezia 2015 - Full HD
Yes ,maybe I expressed myself a bit ‘unclear‘ ,lol

In Germany we say ‘Karneval‘ or ‘Fastnacht‘ . .

. .I‘m sure we mean the same thing . .

Rio ,despite not being 100 % European ,has the most famous carnival in the world . .

. .it is also said that carnival is predominantly celebrated in Catholic areas . . since Latin America is practically 100 % Catholic , well . .

( without Latin-America christianity wouldn‘t even be the major religion in the world ; since 50 % of all Catholics of the world live there ; in such a case Islam would be the number one religion . . ) . .

. .since there is a strong French influence in New Orleans ( originally : La nouvelle Orléans . . ) ( Catholic ) , a custom from Europe . .

I don‘t really know about other parts of the U.S. though . . .

Venice also has one of the most famous in the world . . .

The biggest ‘hot spots‘ for carnival in Germany are Köln ( Cologne ) , Düsseldorf , Mainz . . all located at the Rhine ; Rhinelanders love carnival , the biggest celebrations take place at its shores . .

Cologne also happens to be a Catholic archdiocese . . .

Edit : The last vid I had embedded in my original post from back then stems from Colognian carnival . . It is even sung in Colognian dialect , lol ( as are practically all songs sung at carnival season )
 
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Yes ,maybe I expressed myself a bit ‘unclear‘ ,lol

In Germany we say ‘Karneval‘ or ‘Fastnacht‘ . .
I went to an early Mardi Gras jazz brunch today. Somebody I was talking to mentioned "Fastnach." Nice spread of food.
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I went to an early Mardi Gras jazz brunch today.
. . well . . sure hope that jazz-celebration didn’t take place like that . .


sry , couldn‘t resist ( most ironically a New Orleans scene ) . . .
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Somebody I was talking to mentioned "Fastnach."
“Fastnacht“ ,you mean ?

. . now , I wonder about his ethnicity . .


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Nice spread of food.
. . hope you liked it , sis

. . anything associated with Germany ?
 
Old March 6th, 2019 #9
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. . the carnival season officially ends today . .

. . there are two big explanations around for carnival . .

. . that it is a custom preserved since 'ancient times' to cast out 'winter demons' , another explanation emphasizes carvial = "festival of the flesh" ( carne , lat. flesh + festival ) . . .

. . probably meant as the last 'feast of the flesh' before Easter and the period of fasting . . . . .

Probably both . . .
 
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I didn't know Europe did Carnival until a few weeks ago when a giant, space-marine Trump appeared in an Italian parade

 
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I didn't know Europe did Carnival until a few weeks ago when a giant, space-marine Trump appeared in an Italian parade

Massive Emperor Trump Float Presides Over Italian Carnival | TIME
. . you "didn't know Europe did carnival" ?

. . no offense to you or to other people in "the New World" ( Americas ; I take it you are American , as most members here ? ) but carnival originated in the "Old World" ( Europe ) , lol . .
I cannot blame many in the 'New World' for not being aware of this . . .

Americans took over much from 'the Old Europe' ; starting with christianity to for example St. Patrick's Day ( for the Irish . .) . .

Most Euro-Americans are of German descent ; followed by the Irish . . .

. . in fact the Irish were such a significant group ( growing in the 19th century ) that even a lot of Irish traditions flowed into America and that even the English spoken in North America today has an Irish pronounciation ( as opposed to the often 'held up' British English . .) . .

. . . in the beginning the USA did start out as an English colony.

In the beginning many people in the 'New World' detested the 'Old Europe' and didn't want anything to do with it , which is also why Protestants were favoured over Catholics ( who held allegiance to the Pope in Rome . . .)

. . . like I said , the Irish grew in number in the 19th century even to the point that a lot of 'American Western originals' such as banjo-playing , drinking Whiskey , dancing the reel et al in fact go back to Irish immigrants . . . .





( sorry for posting a stupid techno-vid here but it plays hard on 'American Western' cliches;lol , most ironically these guys are from Sweden .)

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Old March 9th, 2019 #12
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. . there's one interesting thing about carnival though . .

It is , in a way , one of the few occasions in the year when nobody frowns upon you when you're drunk . .

. . well ,except maybe for new year . .

 
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It's 11-11 where I live, in other words the legendary "5th season" is upon us
11-11 is close again . . .

Little explanation . . the preparations for carnival start then since 11/11 is what we in Germany call a 'Schnapszahl' ( literally translated :'liquor-figure' ).

Which stems from the fact that it is said that if you pour too much alcohol you begin seeing things double . . Another allusion to the fact that carnival is one of the few occasions in the year where nobody is mad at you for being drunk

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The colors in this video are red/yellow/green.

Aren't these colors usually associated with Africa?



You, know, the colors rastafaris display and such
 
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The colors in this video are red/yellow/green.

Aren't these colors usually associated with Africa?



You, know, the colors rastafaris display and such

. . purely coincidentally.

You're right about those colours being associated with Africa ( at least in the newer days) but that doesn't have anything to do with it.

I don't think a German carnival-shield drew hard on African customs

But . . . you paid good attention and an intelligent comment
 
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. . another carnival-season .


. . . just ended

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Old March 4th, 2020 #17
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. . another carnival-season just ended . .
die jooden poppen in Belgie waren wel leuk
 
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die jooden poppen in Belgie waren wel leuk

“The jew-puppets in Belgium were nice“ , you say ? ( sorry , don't think everybody here understands your language )

. . .

. . . well . as usual, they were followed by a big uproar in the jewish community . .

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die jooden poppen in Belgie waren wel leuk
I don't speak Dutch or even German, but I could translate that as "the jew puppets in Belgium were ….well something.

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