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 cities, with far-right violence and two deaths. Germany's boisterous carnival celebrations reached their climax Monday, when the traditional Rose Monday parades were held. Millions of revelers flooded the streets of German cities, especially the Carnival-crazed metropolises of Cologne, Düsseldorf and Mainz, to watch parades featuring marching bands and politicallyIn Cologne, the heartland of Germany's carnival, more than a million people watched a parade that included 97 floats and 123 marching bands. The floats in Cologne and Düsseldorf are made of paper maché and themed to lampoon newsmakers and current events. Osama bin Laden took a literal "blood bath" on one float, while a weary and naked German Chancellor Angela Merkel shared a diaper with Kurt Beck, leader of the country's Social Democrats, on another.
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 cities, with far-right violence and two deaths.
Germany's boisterous carnival celebrations reached their climax Monday, when the traditional Rose Monday parades were held. Millions of revelers flooded the streets of German cities, especially the Carnival-crazed metropolises of Cologne, Düsseldorf and Mainz, to watch parades featuring marching bands and politically
In Cologne, the heartland of Germany's carnival, more than a million people watched a parade that included 97 floats and 123 marching bands. The floats in Cologne and Düsseldorf are made of paper maché and themed to lampoon newsmakers and current events. Osama bin Laden took a literal "blood bath" on one float, while a weary and naked German Chancellor Angela Merkel shared a diaper with Kurt Beck, leader of the country's Social Democrats, on another.
