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A carnival celebration in North Rhine-Westphalia ends in a scandal: Nazi slogans are heard from the audience.
The dance group affected reacts in shock and the state security agency is investigating.
Drolshagen – Actually, the dancers of “Rote Funken Belmicke” just wanted to show off the fruits of their year-long work.
But after the carnival celebration in Drolshagen in North Rhine-Westphalia, inglorious things instead became the talk of the town.
During the opening number, right-wing extremist slogans can be heard from the audience.
The carnival club is shocked.
The state security agency is now investigating.
Right-wing extremist slogans at a carnival event: State security is investigating a 22-year-old
According to consistent media reports, the TuS Belmicke dance group marched in to the party song “L'Amour Toujours” by Gigi D'Agostino when shouts of “Foreigners out” were heard from the crowd.
The police have so far targeted a 22-year-old in the investigation.
However, as the Hagen police told WDR, the suspicion could also be extended to other people.
Guests at the event are currently being questioned.
Especially at times of large demonstrations against the right, incidents like this one or that of a man in Kassel a few days ago are particularly offensive.
Because the shouts could fall under the criminal offense of sedition.
State security was therefore called in.
“The exact content is still the subject of the investigation,” a spokesman for the Hagen police told
WDR Aktuell
.
The incident clearly shows that there is no freedom from fools even during carnival.
Celebrants should also choose their costume carefully - there could be hefty fines.
“I’ve never been so speechless”: Carnival club TuS Belmicke is shocked by a right-wing extremist incident
The slogans during the performance deeply affected TuS Belmicke and especially shocked the dancers.
“I have never been so speechless,” the dance group’s trainer told
WDR Aktuell
.
“We wanted to show off our dance with a medley in which, among other things, the melody of the song 'L'amour Toujours' is played,” write the “Rote Funken Belmicke” in an Instagram post.
The program took a year to refine.
But: “Unfortunately, this song has recently become a platform for xenophobia and racism.” The song has since been replaced.
“We don't want to offer a platform for this whole 'topic' with our performance, which is supposed to bring joy,” the “Rote Funken Belmicke” clearly distance themselves from right-wing ideas.
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TikTok videos show: Right-wing extremists misuse 23-year-old party song as a new right-wing anthem
Recently, the song in question has been misused several times by right-wing extremists for racist slogans.
According to NDR, xenophobic adaptations of the song, which was actually free of lyrics, were played at a club Christmas party in Lower Saxony.
This quickly developed into a TikTok trend among right-wing groups.
A carnival event in Drolshagen was overshadowed by right-wing extremist slogans: During the march of the dance guard, Nazi slogans were heard from the audience.
(Symbolic photo) © Imago
Right-wing young people in particular use the 23-year-old party song as a kind of new-right anthem.
Numerous party videos from Germany and Austria have been published on TikTok in the last few weeks.
The State Criminal Police Office (LKA) in Lower Saxony has been aware of several individual cases since the end of 2023, reports NDR.
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The dance group was not aware of the new right-wing context of the song, explained club president Rainer Tomasetti in a video broadcast by WDR.
Immediately after the performance, he took the microphone and emphasized that right-wing extremist slogans have no place in carnival.
“We have to be careful: today there will be three roaring and next year there will be 30,” Tomasetti told
WDR
.
Is the “fifth season” gradually slipping away from all law and good manners?
As early as 2023, racist painted floats in carnival parades caused a stir.
A few weeks ago, a carnival president in North Rhine-Westphalia shocked people with lewd comments towards a primary school student.
And during a parade in Baden-Württemberg, sexual assaults recently occurred when a
SWR
reporter was harassed in front of the camera by people in witch costumes.
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