Fasching

Fasching is carnival in Germany. As US carnival is heavily celebrated as Mareigras in New Orleans, so Fasching festivities are along the river Rhein, i.e. in Dusseldorf and Köln. Last Thursday they celebrated ladys fasching and the women cut he men's ties off. We went to Braunschweig and saw Schoduvel, a parade to shoo the devil away. I loved the political messages floating around, like Angela Merkel's arm through the Greek pig. They also had many floats about nuclear waste and environmental issues, which are omnipresent in the media.

Rosen monday is the name of the festivities on Monday, it doesnt have much to do with roses but they do throw roses. the girls were given roses.

I have not heard the term fat tuesday, but tuesday parties are similar to fat tuesday. My mom was is Garmisch 45 years ago and she remembers fat tuesday like celebration on Garmisch's ski slopes, great.

Our family celebrated tuesday's Fasching with these beautiful horses.

Unlike the US where Ash Wednesday is omnipresent, Ash Wednesday is only in the Catholic regions, like the freistat of Bavaria.

We wish you who celebrate a good, Good Friday.