Carnivalists want to celebrate despite the war in Ukraine
Created: 02/24/2022Updated: 02/24/2022 08:38
Revelers celebrate the start of the carnival session.
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Can you celebrate carnival when war breaks out in Europe?
In any case, the first costumed people were out and about in Cologne on Thursday morning - Weiberfastnacht - or were queuing at Corona test stations.
The Cologne Carnival Festival Committee announced: "Today the street carnival begins, which means for the revelers in Cologne mainly celebrating individually, outside or in the pub.
Cologne - After two years of the pandemic, the longing for it is very great - and canceling it with such a short lead time is not possible from a purely organizational point of view.
From our point of view, it would also send the wrong signal.”
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Certainly, the events in the Ukraine do not leave the carnival fans unaffected.
The thoughts of many revelers this morning are with the people in Ukraine, who are anxious about the next few days.
"But we have also learned in the recent past that carnival has an important function for people in times of crisis.
Having the limits of cheerfulness dictated by a despot does not correspond to the idea of fast love, in which freedom and equality are paramount.” A spokeswoman for the city of Cologne also said that the reception of the triumvirate in the town hall was taking place as planned.
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