As of: February 10, 2024, 6:21 a.m
By: Kilian Bäuml
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The atmosphere at carnival parades quickly becomes exuberant, but sometimes it turns violent.
A SWR reporter experienced this firsthand.
Horb am Neckar – The fifth season attracts millions of people in Germany to the carnival parades every year.
Most people take part in the parades dressed up and in an exuberant mood.
Sexist attacks don't only occur at Carnival, but the combination of alcohol consumption and costumes increases the number of incidents.
Apparently not even a running camera can protect you and so in a live broadcast, SWR viewers saw a reporter being harassed by fools at a parade.
And it was significantly more invasive than the groping attack on live TV during a Spanish broadcast in September.
The people behind the masks at carnival parades are repeatedly attacked, even in front of a SWR reporter's camera.
© Screenshot/YouTube/SWR
Attack on carnival parade: “Witches” imitate sexual intercourse with reporter
While many participants in the parade do not shy away from touching the SWR reporter, ruffling her hair and posing with her in front of the camera, two people go one step further.
The two fools dressed as witches in wooden masks attacked the woman and rolled her across the floor, as reported by the
Schwarzwälder Bote
, among others .
But that wasn't enough, after the first person stood up, the remaining person imitated sexual intercourse with the reporter with thrusting movements - in front of the camera.
The viewers of the live broadcast saw everything, but SWR has since removed the relevant scene from the report in the media library.
Now only the first “witches” can be seen; the attack is not mentioned further.
The SRW press office told the
Schwarzwälder Boten
that the two men apologized to the reporter.
According to their carnival club, they are excluded from the rest of the season.
Carnival customs in Germany: Witches are not the only questionable tradition
There are numerous different customs and even terms for carnival in Germany.
In Baden-Württemberg, witch costumes are part of the tradition.
But there are also other questionable customs that often cross the line into harassment.
Women are even driven in cages through carnival parades, as
Buzzfeed
writes in a comment on sexual events at carnival.