Carnival Photo Report, Pt. 1
February 15, 2007 at 9:52 pm | In Friends, German, Posts in German | 2 CommentsTags: Carnival, Cologne, Holiday
Thursday, February 15, Weiberfastnacht, i.e. the day before Shrove Tuesday in Cologne. People agreed that Saint Peter must be from Cologne as we were blessed with the finest weather in years: Dä Petrus is ne Kölsche! I was a bee, and my boyfriend the cutest meadow ever. Later on, we danced Polonaise* in the backyard of a friend’s house. It did not matter that the sun did not reach us there: we had the sunshine in our heart.**
*) a stately Polish processional dance popular in 19th century Europe, according to Merriam-Webster
**) Dat Hätz vun der Welt, jo dat is Kölle, dat Hätz vun der Welt, dat schläht am Rhing! Es och der Himmel öfters jrau, un dat Sönnche schingk jet mau, doch mir Kölsche han im Hätze Sunneschingk***
***) A translation into both English and German, as not all German speakers are able to comprehend the Colonian tongue.
Das Herz der Welt, ja das ist Köln,
das Herz der Welt, das schlägt am Rhein.
Ist auch der Himmel öfters grau, und die Sonne scheint etwas matt,
doch wir Kölschen haben im Herzen Sonnenschein.
The heart of the world, yes, that is Cologne.
The heart of the world beats on the river Rhine.
May the heaven often be grey and the sun shine a bit dull,
but we Colonians have the sunshine in our heart.
Picture of the Polonaise below.
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This looks/sounds like you had so much fun. I am incredibly jealous! Not much of a Faschingsstimmung over here. Just some weird Catholics who will rund around with ashes on their foreheads tomorrow. Hope you are not still nursing hangovers.
Comment by cerebraljetsam — February 21, 2007 #
Good morning, I was absolutely hangoverfree this carnival, as I did not want to spent my holiday on my hosts’ couch. I only drank shandy, and it’s next to impossible to get really drunk on that. Also because you really don’t want to take a pee on every second street corner (which, in the literal sense, is impossible for us women anyway – but anybody living on the ground floor in Cologne inner city should desinfect their house after carnival. I found that churches are particularly popular for men to piss against… hmmm).
Comment by anaj — February 21, 2007 #