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Anarchy in Rio: Carnival of Death
Shoot-outs on the street may be common in Rio de Janeiro, but the current wave of violence has shocked even Brazilians. The horror has cast a shadow over this year's carnival.
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Satirical Carnival Float: Germany Makes Fun of England's Football Woes
Germany's carnival is thumbing its nose at English football this year with a float that reflects pure, unadulterated Schadenfreude at England's failure to qualify for the European Football Championship.
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Jewish Groups Outraged: Munich Carnival Parade to Fall on Holocaust Day
Munich is to hold a carnival parade on Jan. 27, International Holocaust Remembrance Day. Jewish groups have protested what they feel is a lack of sensitivity, but organizers insist they didn't know the...
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Bloody Bin Laden and Merkel Au Naturel: Carnival Climaxes at Rose Monday Parades
Celebrations in Germany's carnival-crazed cities of Cologne, Düsseldorf and Mainz reached their apex on Rose Monday, after a weekend of carnival parties. However the fun turned nasty in some European...
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The Fool's Procession: Disciplined Madness at a Black Forest Carnival
The townsfolk of Rottweil in the Black Forest take their carnival extremely seriously. Everything about their processions is tightly regulated: the wooden masks, the strange dancing, the yelps of "Hu...
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Carnival Clash: Italy's Battle of the Oranges
Italy stages its biggest food fight each year in the Piedmont town of Ivrea, where thousands gather each year before Lent to re-enact a medieval battle by hurling oranges at each other. By the end of...
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Farinaceous Food Fight: The Flour Wars of Galaxidi
Every year at the end of Carnival, the Greek village of Galaxidi erupts in a day-long flour war. Goggles and overalls are recommended.
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Joining The Party: Germany Gets its First Turkish Carnival Society
Turks living in the western city of Dortmund have set up Germany's first Turkish carnival association. They want to prove they can party as hard as anyone else -- and to encourage immigrants to join in...
View ArticleCarnival in Venice: A Passion for Finery
It's Carnival time in Venice again. Germany's Tanja Schulz-Hess talks to SPIEGEL ONLINE about the self-designed garments that have seen her take the top costume prize for two years in a row at Italy's...
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Rose Monday Parade: German Carnival To Feature Nearly-Nude Merkel
The Rose Monday carnival procession on Feb. 23 will include a float showing Chancellor Angela Merkel in a Marilyn Monroesque, nearly-nude pose. The city's festival committee, aware of the possible...
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Carnival in Germany: Did You Hear the One about the Financial Crisis?
Germany may be facing its worst economic downturn since World War II. But so what? The country is seizing on carnival this year to drown its sorrows -- and even to laugh about the financial crisis.
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Berlusconi, Breasts and Obama: Cologne Carnival Floats Ready for Action
Every year, Carnival in Cologne and Dusseldorf is an orgy of political satire, as floats making fun of world leaders take to the streets. This year, Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is a...
View ArticleHarnessing Anarchy for Hitler: The Nazis' Bid to Control Carnival
Germany's Carnival is an expression of anarchic fun and mockery of those in power. Yet the Nazis sought to harness the potential of the festivities for their own ends. Anti-Semitic floats and speeches...
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Bavaria's Chinese Carnival: Long Live the Emperor of Dietfurt
The traditional Carnival parades held around Germany are famous for strange costumes and wild parties. But the small town of Dietfurt in Bavaria is becoming known for something a little more odd:...
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Ruckus in the Rhineland: Carnival Goers Battle Winter with Beer and Bear...
Beer and furry costumes helped German carnival revellers brave sub-zero temperatures as the six-day party climaxed with the traditional Rose Monday processions. But the party's not over till Ash...
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Europe's Party of all Parties: Revelers Flock to the Streets to Celebrate...
All over the continent, Europeans are celebrating one of the year's biggest events: Carnival. From Germany to Croatia, and at places in-between, party-goers are dressing up and going out. SPIEGEL...
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Beer, Red Noses and Politics: Satire Takes to the Streets in German Carnival...
Germany's notoriously riotous Carnival season culminated on Rose Monday with a parade of floats in Cologne and other Rhineland cities. The larger-than-life floats featured in the parades are colorful...
View ArticleParades Poke Fun at Euro Crisis: German Carnival Hails Merkel as Europe's Savior
Most of Europe is in the grip of the debt crisis, but Germany is getting ready to party. The satirical parade floats that are a fixture of its carnival festivities leave no doubt about who's in charge...
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Carnival Parades: Germany Shuts Down for Mass Party
German carnival culminated on Rose Monday with huge parades in the cities of Cologne, Düsseldorf and Mainz. Hundreds of thousands lined the streets to catch sweets and watch the marching bands and...
View ArticleCarnival Climax: Germany Goes Crazy at Rose Monday Parades
Angela Merkel as a pig suckling hungry nations in the euro crisis? Isn't that a bit risqué? Not this week, because anything goes at German carnival, when the nation, or large parts of it, allows itself...
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