Fasching 2022

Happy Rosenmontag
(Rose Monday)

Every Fastnacht, I try to learn a little bit more about this celebration, the tradition, history and how
they blended a pagan festival with a religious one.

Before we were able to see clouds and weather with high tech equipment and see the tiniest of substances
and forecast for the future, weather, when the sun will be back, store food, fight disease,our German relatives
had many superstitions they used to keep the faith,care away evil spirits and bring good luck
to ensure the sun would return and bring a bountiful harvest.

Early missionaries tried to use this festival and focus the meaning on
lent. So the day prior to the 40 days of fasting before Easter was a perfect day for celebration
and to use up your winter supplies of meat, eggs and milk.
Donuts were a perfect choice!

Jump to the present and we can enjoy these traditional celebrations virtually without having to travel.
I want to show you one of the parades I would love to see physically sometime in Alstadt, Germany.

The Rosenmontag parade today in Köln which is famous is also a demonstration against the war in Ukraine

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What is Rosenmontag?
(Rose Monday)

It has nothing to do with the flower and comes from the German word "roose",
meaning to "frolic".

However it also has to do with it being the fourth Monday of lent because the pope
traditional consecrated a golden rose the Sunday before, which has biblical symbolic meaning.

Fasching Parade in Alstadt, Germany
Tomorrow, Teusday it is tradtional to make different kinds of Donuts! Go to this Previous Newsletter for these Great German Donut Recipes
Berliner Pfankuchen Jelly or Custard Donuts	Schneeballen Twisted Pasry	Fasching Bowties

The German Tradition of Fasching Parades

While some might compare these parades with masks to something like Halloween,
that is like comparing a Hostess Ding Dong to a Black Forest Cherry Torte.

The masks have traditions going back to those medeival times when
Scary masks were used to scare away winter demons and
ensure the sun would return in spring and bring fresh greens and
start crops for the harvest.

While Local guilds use many traditional costumes characters
they also have their own costumes
that sometimes symbolize local events in history.

A Fasching Parade in the
Swabian Alemannic region

This is one of my favorite Fasching Parade video's to watch

Albstadt, Germany 2017

in (Baden-Württemberg)

Some of the Main Characters for the Fasching Parade

Whole Books could be devoted to the traditional characters that are a part of the Fastnacht parade

These characters have legends and stories that are centuries old.

All the differerent characters have Kleidle (costumes) that are part of each Narrenguild

The Demon Figures

The Jesters (Narren)

Hexe Witches

Animal Figures

The Hairy Bear
((Hooringer Baer)

Here is a walk down Memory lane

in Cologne on 2019, just before things were locked down in Germany.

Relax and enjoy watching as you do some other things.

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Rosenmontag Parades (Rose Monday)

This happened today in Cologne, Germany, who is very famous for their
Rose Mondy Parades before Fasching Teusday

Today the parades seem to be combined with a demonstration against the war in Ukraine.

Here is some live stream

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