Monday, February 04, 2008

German Carnival

Who said that Germans cannot enjoy themselves? Rubbish! They seem to always have a public holiday, a party or some festivity coming up. Now is time for Karneval, or Fasching in southern Germany. Yesterday in Düsseldorf I took these shots and 15-sec video. Click on pictures to enlarge!

Shops and banks were boarded up.

Police were keeping an eye on things.

A new version of the German “Tankstelle”!

Or you could have a beer-mobile.

Or be a BeerBuster!

How’s this for an afro?

Badge Man

Batman and Pippi Langstrumpf

A more natural-looking Longstocking

Superwoman!

Watch that spout!

Weird or what?

This is not a toilet, thank you very much!

Bare necessities.

The aftermath

15 seconds of elephant dance. (Check out the guy on the left when the lady comes up to him!)

2 comments:

Lynda said...

Rosenmontag... oh what fun. Shame that so many people now use it as an excuse to get absolutely leg-less (Hence the need to board up the shops!) My in-laws have a huge cupboard in the keller full of costumes that my kids love playing with. Fantastic photos...

swenglishexpat said...

Lynda - Some people must have spent ages on getting organised for the events. Most striking was the themed groups of friends or families. They take this very seriously!