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Nubbelverbrennen

Koelner Dom 9 months ago | 2024-02-14 10:00 SLT
The burning of a figure in connection with carnival has been historically documented in the Rhineland since the beginning of the 19th century. The Cologne resident Ernst Weyden writes in his memoirs about the 1820s, in which the carnival events in Cologne were reorganized, that “the carnival was buried” on Ash Wednesday: “With a formal funeral escort, a doll was carried through the city on a bier and burned the same in one place." Weyden relates the event to an "old festival custom that has been preserved i


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Rosenmontag Parade

Koelner Dom 9 months ago | 2024-02-12 10:00 SLT
The Cologne Rose Monday parade is the largest carnival parade in Germany and the highlight of the Cologne carnival, which takes place on Rose Monday. The “Zoch”, which has been held since 1823, is also the oldest of the large German Rose Monday parades.
The parade of costumed foot groups, bands, riders, floats and support vehicles is around eight kilometers long and attracts hundreds of thousands of spectators.


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Carnival Costum Party

Koelner Dom 10 months ago | 2024-02-08 10:00 SLT


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