Carnival Fun~

One little German house decorated for the upcoming

Carnival celebrations.

People come to parades and parties dressed up in

costumes, wigs, glasses or all three.  

It's similar to creating a halloween costume.

Carnival is celebrated just before Lent which is when

many, supposedly, give up something they feel is a 

sacrifice for 40 days.  The sacrifice is done as a reminder

of the fourty days Jesus spent in the wilderness.  The 

celebration includes costumes, masks, and parades.  In

all the cities there is one person asked to be the King. 

This Carnival Kings duties begin in Novemeber and

he usually speaks to groups including students in the

primary schools to get everyone excited about the

upcoming Carnival celebrations.  The official start date

 for this area of Germany is March 3 and lasts one week.

Once again, I am missing this event by traveling to the U.S.

According to some of my friends at church it is a good 

thing that I'm gone, I guess things get a bit too wild  and

crazy the whole week of Carnival.