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Over 250,000 people have turned Cologne’s historic carnival into a peace march for Ukraine

Germany: Carnival fans mark pandemic-curbed Rose Monday Floats, sweets and crowded streets have been swapped for televised puppet parade and comedy performances. Merry-makers in Germany are already facing fines over lockdown-violating Carnival parties. People in Germany have been finding alternative ways to celebrate this year's Carnival German Carnival fans settled in for subdued celebrations on Monday, with large parades and parties canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic. Rose Monday, or Rosenmontag, marks the high point of Germany's Carnival celebrations. The merry-making lasts for sever...

Germany's scaled-down coronavirus Carnival From drive-in concerts to beer deliveries, Carnival organizers are finding creative ways to celebrate despite the COVID pandemic. Carnival 2021 is taking place as Germany remains in lockdown In the summer of 2020, after the first wave of the coronavirus pandemic had subsided, many German carnival associations were optimistic. They had come up with detailed plans to make sure the February 2021 carnival season would comply with hygiene rules and social distancing regulations, while still allowing people to get together and have a good time. But these ...

Lovingly built and wearing Carnival outfits, traditional puppets get to ride this year's floats in the Cologne Rose Monday parade. The actual parade, a mega event, was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic.