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Gaudiworm deleted - but possibly not without replacement Created: 01/14/2022 09:54 By: Klaus Greif, Kathrin Böhmer, Ingrid Zeilinger The big fun in the center of Olching has to be canceled again this year. © Weber Omikron buries the last hope: The Olchinger carnival procession, the largest in the region, will not take place this year either. The requirements for protection in the corona pandem


Gaudiworm deleted - but possibly not without replacement

Created: 01/14/2022 09:54

By: Klaus Greif, Kathrin Böhmer, Ingrid Zeilinger

The big fun in the center of Olching has to be canceled again this year.

© Weber

Omikron buries the last hope: The Olchinger carnival procession, the largest in the region, will not take place this year either.

The requirements for protection in the corona pandemic simply cannot be implemented.

But there should be an alternative, preferably with the neighboring towns.

But there is still skepticism.

District – Tens of thousands of visitors in colorful costumes, dozens of creatively designed floats and great fun: Normally these are the parameters of the Olching carnival procession, which is one of the biggest crowd pullers in the region. In Corona times, however, it is an infection nightmare. "With all the conditions, this is simply not logistically feasible," says Ludwig Gruber, second chairman of the carnival procession committee. It would mean that only vaccinated or recovered would have access, possibly also with a test: In other words: 2G or 2G-plus.

In order to control that, one would have to seal off all access roads to Olching.

According to the organizers, this is utopian, also in financial terms.

"You would need an awful lot of security," explains Gruber.

So an alternative is currently being examined: "It could be possible to do something in a slimmed-down form on the folk festival site," says Gruber.

In his opinion, the Christmas market, although cancelled, has shown that it is possible to control and oversee what is happening in this area – under 2G Plus conditions.

Thanks to the apps, this is relatively easy to control.

He cannot understand that this regulation could possibly be an obstacle for the visitors.

You don't go to an event every day.

"I can take on a test like that," explains Gruber.

Carriage ride for the royal couple

However, all three carnival clubs in Olching should be on board. Because Adalbert Heim, chairman of the Olchinger Tanzfreunde (OTF) would also like to make one or the other performance possible for his show dance group. “It should be possible outdoors, at a distance.” He could also imagine the royal couples from FGO and OTF taking a ride in carriages. According to Gruber, it is also conceivable to work together with the carnival movement in the strongholds of Gernlinden and Mammendorf. That should be clarified at a meeting in the near future.

Hannes Haschka from the carnival committee of the cartel of the Gernlindner local associations can already imagine such a central event.

However, he sees a problem: in Gernlinden there are only wagon builders, no show dance groups that can be presented on a stage.

The lead time (around six weeks) is already too short for the wagon builders.

In addition, Haschka fears a superspreader event - despite controls.

In Mammendorf, Toni Fasching wants to wait for the meeting of the relevant committee at the end of the week.

There they want to discuss, among other things, Gruber's idea.

But a decision about the carnival procession should also be made.

According to Fasching, he does not want to anticipate a result.

But the trend in Mammendorf is also towards cancellation.

Hope at the Brucker Heimatgilde

The home guild has not yet written off their open-air children's carnival activities and the superguard meeting in the event forum for the final sprint of the foolish time.

There is no deadline, says guild master Daniel Brando.

“You can always cancel.” That is also possible at short notice, albeit with costs.

And don't count on such a large influx as with the Olchinger carnival procession.

"We're talking about a completely different number of visitors." Nevertheless, Brando keeps an eye on the incidence figures and the legal regulations.

If Omikron continues to increase the numbers massively, there will probably be no avoiding a cancellation.

"But we hope and plan ahead for the time being."

The exit from Germering is uncertain

It is not yet clear whether there will be another big tithe in front of the town hall in Germering on Shrove Tuesday.

Gerhard Fuchs, chairman of Fun Unlimited, reports that the show dance group wants to wait and see how the guidelines develop.

If, for example, you put up a fence around the town hall forecourt and inspectors have to be stationed at the entrances, the hustle and bustle will probably not come to pass.

So we will continue to wait and meet regularly before a decision is made.

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Source: merkur

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