Karneval and Fasching in Germany (Like Mardi Gras)
While American's are celebrating Mardi Gras, the Germans call it ...Fastnacht, Fasching, or Karneval
depending on where you are in Germany.
Today is called Rosenmontag
Rose Monday and there are parades in different parts of Germany.
Rosenmontag last year in Cologne
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It is a time when there are costumes and parades and all sorts of craziness. This climaxes on what is called Fastnacht, ( the night before the fast) which is called Mardi Gras here or Fat Tuesday. It's root's go way back to ancient Roman times. The History of Mardi Gras
Rome conquered Germany as far as the Elbe River , ( in the Rhineland area). The Romans took their beloved festival that they called Carnevale, wherever they went. It was accepted well and to this day is still celebrated in the Catholic areas of Germany. It makes sense. The people of the cities were ruled with an iron fist, and were couped up all winter, and needed a good release. No one understood this more than the ruling class. So they had parades and costumes. They towns folk elected their own king and queen, and the rulers for this festival waited on the peasants.
They object of the costumes was to mock the leaders and Church officials and embarrass them as much as possible. In the big halls people sit at long tables, eat and drink, sing and listen to clowns or jokers who again ridicule the whole establishment. The jokers are called “Buettenredner”. The name derives from the fact that the joker often stands in a fat, (Buett) which was used to wash the dirty laundry in. This is their aim, to wash the “dirty laundry” of the community out in the open for everyone to see, hear and laugh about. In between there is plenty of music and dancing and schunkeln, (linking arms, moving from site to site and with the rhythm of the music).
This is a yeast based raised donut that you sandwich jelly inside.
simple and wonderful flavor. This is a popular donut and comes with as many different fillings as it has names.
A similar pastry is also known as
Bismarck, Krepple, Grebble, Fastnacht kuchen or Fastnachtküchle.
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1 x Bag of Brinker Brötchen (6 x 2.5oz)
4 x Slices of Siegi's Fleischkäse (approx. 7.1oz each)
2 x Packages of Bratkartoffeln (14.3oz perPackage)
1 x Tube of Hengstenberg medium hot mustard (3.5oz)
1 x Jar Hengstenberg Puszta Salad (11.8oz)
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