I have no idea who comes up with stuff like this, but it’s not going down well with the hard core Karneval types….

(Deepl translation: It’s nice to celebrate in Meenz, but don’t forget se Zugplakett!)

Karneval.

Which has been going on since 11 November last year (at 11:11 to be precise), gathering speed by the day to culminate in the Rose Monday parade with multiple politically-barbed floats and 9500 marching along with it (and around 500,000 folks lining the streets and carrying on as if it were their last chance. for fun)

Which it is,actually, because from Ash Wednesday, things get sombre and serious until you get to the Easter eggs.

Zugplakette.

Buy one form one of the myriad willing helpers as from January, hang it around your neck to show that you’re a TRUE BELIEVER and let things rip.

So if you can understand all this, well done.

I haven’t

27 Feb This entry was published on 27 February, 2025 at 09:00 and is filed under Festivities, Karneval, Mainz. Bookmark the permalink. Follow any comments here with the RSS feed for this post.