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Dreigestirn, 2005 (maiden, prince and peasant) Crowds in Cologne on Rosenmontag of 2006 Kamelle (Sweets) thrown out at a carnival parade The Cologne Carnival (German: Kölner Karneval) is a carnival that takes place every year in Cologne, Germany.
In Cologne, the carnival season officially starts on 11 November at 11 minutes past 11 a.m. with the proclamation of the new Carnival Season, ... In 2005, the first ...
Carnival in Cologne. In the Rhineland festivities developed especially strongly, since it was a way to express subversive anti-Prussian and anti-French thoughts in times of occupation, through parody and mockery. Modern carnival there began in 1823 with the founding of a Carnival Club in Cologne.
Parades, music, dancing in the streets — joyous Carnival celebrations marking the final days of revelry before Lent are peaking in New Orleans, Rio de Janeiro and other locales in the Americas ...
Rose Monday Carnival on Rottweil, Germany Rosenmontag ( German: [ˌʁoːznˈ̩moːntaːk] ⓘ , English: Rose-Monday [ 1 ] ) is the highlight of the German Karneval ( carnival ), and takes place on the Shrove Monday before Ash Wednesday , the beginning of Lent . [ 2 ]
Die 3 Colonias (Colognian pronunciation: [də dʁeɪ koˈlo²neˌjas²]; [what does "²" mean?] "the three Coloniad") is a music group from Cologne with many activities in the Cologne Carnival. Their predominant language of performances is Colognian. They were founded in 1976 by the Cologne Dieter Steudter.
Their most popular carnival songs are "Echte Fründe", "Pizza wunderbar", "Die Karawane zieht weiter" and "Viva Colonia". Their song "Wenn nicht jetzt, wann dann?" (If not now, then when?) reached number one in Germany in February 2007. [1] They performed it during the 2007 World Men's Handball Championship finals, held in Cologne.
Cologne-based music publisher Gustav Gerdes (now part of Hans Gerig publishers) published the song in 1924. The march was allegedly composed on the occasion of establishing the Cologne Carnival society "K.G. Treuer Husar Blau-Gelb" in 1925. [12] Originally, the lyrics taken from the folk song were added only the refrain-like part of the piece ...