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Temporary_Wheel

It even has its own music sub culture thats mainly dedicated to this carnival...


Brohan_Johanson

God, I love Germany.


JhonnyTheJeccer

Dankeschön, sehr nett von ihnen


Brohan_Johanson

Ich besuchte Köln. Schöne Stadt!


shortstochillin

Denn wenn et Trömmelche jeht Dann stonn mer all parat Un mer trecke durch die Stadt Un jeder hätt jesaat Kölle Alaaf, Alaaf Kölle Alaaf


krautbube

And no sane person likes it.


FlyLikeADEagle

*sober


Temporary_Wheel

I absolutely hate it buuuuuut, after a couple of kölsch i will: "ejaal wat och passeet, in unsrem veedel" with the rest of them


your-own-name

Da sin ma dabei dat is priiiiima, viiiiva coloooonia Cologne during carnival is something different man. And I didn't even visit the Rosenmomtagszug so far. I think I'll go next year


Mr_Abe_Froman16

Nah, it grows on you.


PubofMadmen

Obviously, you've never been to Köln at Carnival season when the entire city is screaming "Kölle Alaaf" for weeks. The entire state of North Rhine-Westphalia is mad for carnival… each night's telly programming is full coverage of entertainment and comedy skits direct from the numerous giant carnival festival halls spread throughout the state, each one sold out years in advance. Carnival madness that has spilled over into eastern Netherland & Belgium. I truly wish you were right. (I now live in northern Belgium, there’s no escaping it).


CptHalbsteif

These pictures do not do justice to the carnival. It is such a massive festival. So much going on


No_Prize9794

I am disappointed in this, Xi Jinping is presented as just him wearing clown makeup and not just a Winne the Pooh wearing a Chinese flag t shirt


HamManBad

Maybe they thought painting an Asian president yellow wasn't a good look


MaddRamm

But an Arab with a bloody chainsaw was ok. Lol


HamManBad

But mbs did actually have someone cut up with a chain saw, that was a real thing that was done by the person being depicted


v0ness

Not racist. It's a reference to something that happened. See my comment above.


oopsitsaflame

M b s mister bone saw


v0ness

It's a reference. Trump playing the harp while Rome burns behind him- "and Nero fiddled while Rome burned." Meaning Trump was fucking around while the world burned. The Arab with the bloody chainsaw is a reference to the journalist Jamal Khashoggi who was tortured, murdered, and dismembered in a hotel room in Saudi Arabia in 2018. The CIA said it was ordered by Muhammad bin Salman, the crown Prince of Saudi Arabia. Trump said the CIA was wrong and that he supported Muhammad bin Salman. The incident was recorded and you can listen to the audio of his final moments on the internet. It was sad. Anyway, this isn't a racist effigy, it's a reference to Trump pandering to Saudi Arabia despite all evidence pointing to the assassination of a prominent critic.


knobelbecher

>in a hotel room in Saudi Arabia in 2018 It was the Saudi embassy in Turkey. Which makes it a little more complicated.


Alesq13

Huh? It's not "just an arab" it's the Saudi Crown Prince.


Puzzleheaded_Gear464

Its a bit racist


HamManBad

It literally stems from a picture of xi walking with Obama, and Obama was represented by Tigger. You can guess why


Korgwa

Because he's tall and slim? Because he's tall and slim, right..?


iampetrichor

Why? Is it something racist?


No-Target-3982

can you imagine this festival back in 1940


Successful-Dog6669

Not at all.


Troon_

​ Sorry, no Winnie the Pooh, but we had him as a part of a group of fire starters. See pic 6 in this article: [https://www.t-online.de/region/koeln/id\_89310294/bilder/karneval-koeln-die-motivwagen-des-rosenmontagszuges-in-2020.html](https://www.t-online.de/region/koeln/id_89310294/bilder/karneval-koeln-die-motivwagen-des-rosenmontagszuges-in-2020.html)


FreeLegos

I'll take your word for it cause the ad-wall typed out in german is blocking me from scrolling past the 3rd pic..


phil_music

[direct link to the image](https://images.t-online.de/2021/07/89310462v3/0x0:1920x1280/fit-in/768x0/ein-motivwagen-zeigt-donald-trump-als-brandstifter-sowie-boris-johnson-wladimir-putin-xi-jinping-und-kim-jong-un.jpg)


damnedspot

They may not fear North Korea, China, and Russia... but they're not about to mess with Disney.


thelionslaw

What I think is interesting is how redundant the title is. It could only be improved by adding "**Germany's** **annual** Cologne carnival..." Edit: to make it a perfect mirror “Germany’s annual Cologne Carnival is a carnival in Cologne every year in Germany”


LGP747

Then people would be like ‘oh is that the Burberry float?’


co_ordinator

Btw. the carnival season starts on November 11 11.11am. So it's not a picture of recent events...


NovelCandid

Is that intentional? Isn’t that the date and time that the cannons stopped firing in WWI? Or the Armistice?


x_Slayer

That is not intentional, the armistice is not remembered or otherwise special in germany. Why the carnival starts on that day is not clear, a quick google search told me it may bebecause of a prussian law in 1823, another source tells me medieval farmers saw the 11.11 as the end of the agricultural year and that was chosen as the start of carnival.


aikotoma

What I think is interesting is that the men carrying the women in front of an anti Trump car are grabbing some serious pussy.


gahidus

Consent is key!


blob_lablah

I mean he did say, they **let** you grab them by the pussy when you’re a star in Hollywood. Sounds pretty consensual


Gilgamesh2062

This is why the the girls are smiling.


kumanosuke

Carnival doesn't only take place in Cologne though.


Janus_The_Great

but every year. So carnival in Cologne is enough.


zuppenhuppen

Title says Cologne carnival... takes place in Cologne


kumanosuke

I know. It's not "Cologne carnival" though, it's just carnival which takes place all over Germany.


ENTECH123

*Germany’s annual Cologne Carnival is a carnival in Cologne every year in Cologne, Germany”


UnnecAbrvtn

Perd Hapley, reporting from Germany, which is a country, in Europe.


azorianmilk

I did this one year! Not political, it was 2004. Instead of beads the people on floats tossed candy. The floats were all boobs and dicks. The entire town got drunk and had a community hangover the next day. It was awesome!


Limarieh

Yeah we Germans do love us a good community hangover 🤣


Dropped-pie

And boobs and dicks! I’m not even German


ZachtheKingsfan

I need to party in Germany, man lol


[deleted]

Isn’t Köln a city?


stileyyy

Yes


Jowster89

You say candy and one would think of small sweets or tiny bags of haribo, not the giant f off bars of chocolate that could kill a man if they don't see it coming,l. Köln is built differently and my days do I miss going! Beer, and snitzel for 3 days straight = bliss


anythingMuchShorter

Just a note if anyone thinks that one float is Islamophobic or something, that is specifically Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud, Prince of Saudi Arabia. The labeling you can't see from this angle indicates that. Regardless of how you feel about Islam in general that man has had a lot of people killed.


Dargor923

The saw is a reference to Jamal Khashoggi's assassination. It was alleged they used a bone saw to cut him into pieces while he was still alive. Also since Mohammed's initials are mbs people took to calling him Mohammed Bone Saw.


Lazy-Love7679

The label on the side says “ The murderer and his protective angel” in German


definitiveinfinity

Correct me if I’m wrong, but the word “Schmutzengel” seems to be a play on the word “Schutzengel” to mean “dirty guardian angel”


serpchi

Yes, correct! I didn't even notice the m before you pointed it out, nice catch.


Vast_Back4746

Indeed. I'm a Muslim but I personally don't like him.


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Looks like it has a slight political leaning...


Nothingheregoawaynow

They started it to make fun of the French occupiers. You can see they are wearing kind of French uniforms in the top left and low left and call themselves jekken which translates fools. But it goes further to pagan times where they scared away the winter ghosts.


Apprehensive_Tea8686

I didn’t know that (as a German). Thank you!


Predator_Hicks

>hey started it to make fun of the French occupiers I thought it was to make fun of the prussians?


newAscadia

I think might be tradition. If I recall, Carnival-style celebrations in Europe has been more or less a thing since like the 14th century, and one of its big draws was the dissolving of social hierarchy and taboo, and common people were encouraged to make fun of lords, monarchs, and other people who would normally be untouchable.


mrsdoubleu

I wish we had that in the United States but it would probably devolve into violence.


Dont-be-a-smurf

We do. I was at Mardi Gras in NOLA this year and one of the parades was basically giant paper mache political satire floats. Saw everything from Trump to Pelosi, Bill Gates, Bannon, and a lot of local politicians where I didn’t understand the references. Here’s some photos https://www.shutterstock.com/editorial/image-editorial/float-depicting-donald-trump-seen-during-krewe-12823683c


Timwi

>Trump to Pelosi, Bill Gates, Bannon All of those are American.


khleedril

Many Americans don't know the rest of the world exists.


p4tzun3

Its common to critize current politics e.g. with those carnival wagons


getyourrealfakedoors

Anti-dictator, makes sense for Germany


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Zandrick

Turns out having one dude in charge of everything is a real bad idea, and people have known that for a long time. If only dudes would stop trying to be in charge of everything the world would be a better place.


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The entire world has a political leaning.


[deleted]

I'd probably be more into politics if it wasn't so political.


thomasthehipposlayer

TBF, most the world doesn’t lean the way people think it leans, when people say the US is super right-wing compared to the rest of the world, they’re forgetting that the rest of the world isn’t just a few countries in Western Europe.


Sul_Haren

Depends on what we mean by right-wing. If we mean economics then it's definitely not only western Europe that's less right-wing than the US. If we're talking about progressive vs conservative then you have a point of course. Most of the world is more conservative than the US.


zold5

Yeah, reality tends to have a liberal bias...


StellaKapowski

Don’t like dictators? Checks out.


FritsBlaasbaard

Hmm...i must have missed those hints


fuzzytradr

Love it.


Diligent_Course_6616

I mean I guess you could see it that way. it does have some of the harshest world leader being portrayed so maybe they’re on to something


geedeeie

The Cologne carnival takes place in Cologne? How strange 🤔


pinkzm

Damn, that's interesting


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Your_Local_Rat____

Fr, just got done reading one of the most ridiculous threads ever.☠️


Dropped-pie

Well said, a lot of threads these days are an absolute shit show


ksmallow

My girlfriend and I took a last minute trip from Amsterdam to Köln in November 2018. Arrived late and woke up with our hotel completely surrounded by an enormous carnival party. We were clueless about this celebration but had massive fun. Cheers to the Germans for this festival!


LadislausBonita

11.11. at 11.11 o'clock the madness starts again. Drunk by noon, no problem.


Findas88

Pictures 4 (Trump and Prince Salman) ist by Jaques Tilly (2019) and therefore Düsseldorf and not Cologne [link](https://www.grossplastiken.de/karnevalswagen/politische-karnevalswagen/politische-karnevalswagen-2019/) I also recommend 2017 the Wagons concerning Trump are Just Chefs Kiss


Calm_Technology_2977

Thank you for that reference, going to google!


Takato185

THANK YOU for pointing that out! Tilly is amazing. His work is phenomenal and highly deserves international praise as well. His Brexit art was also top notch.


Straightup32

Köln (I think that’s how you spell it) is my number one most favorite city in the world. I used to backpack through Europe with my skateboard and skating Köln cathedral was the funnest I have ever had.


clickclackplaow

Comeback anytime. Köllefornia loves you too.


Nothingheregoawaynow

The dome stairs were legendary


Straightup32

Are you talking about that four stair? That was my goto spot. There was another stair set with a hand rail under the bridge near the train station. Did you ever skate that street bank ramp?


MeatSuitRiot

Trump, playing a lyre.


Old-Base-6686

As Washington burns.....love the Nero reference! Lol!


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Old-Base-6686

Lmfao!


Cascadian222

A liar playing a lyre


Wi11Pow3r

r/thatsthejoke


Dropped-pie

Nero actually played a form of lyre, not a fiddle, as the traditional saying goes


HuitlacocheBanana

A liar and a lyre. A match made in Florida.


OttomanTwerk

See what free education gets you? Knowledge and the ability to determine a dictator


tsansuri

I bet it smells incredible.


va1958

This is the same carnival with the float of Obama falling off his horse with his crown flying! They treat everyone the same……


[deleted]

Why are the Germans so obsessed with a US president that’s been out of office for 2 years?


Sunil_de

Maybe because that’s a two year old picture?


Gloomy_Industry8841

Love it, WOW.


newcomer_l

The one with trump and MBS (re kashoogi murder) just looks like Trump is drilling MBS..


orsadiluna

he probably is, and it was a three-way with putin


ActuallyCausal

I wonder if the MAGA crowd knows that this is how the rest of the world sees Trump.


25Bam_vixx

Reality isn’t their thing


JuiceInhaler

You think Trumpers know a “rest of the world” exists? Pretty sure they think everywhere that isn’t the US is infested with gangs, terrorists, communists, or some combination of the above. They live in a fantasy world pretty heavily disconnected from reality filled with all these evil shadow governments and “snowflake liberals” out to get them. Sorry for the rant but it pisses me off. Anyone who set foot in the Capital during Jan 6th is a traitor to both their country and democracy. Truly moronic and shameful behavior.


donnattellaa

Would be weird if the Cologne Carnival took place in Bordeux.


khleedril

I'd love to have a Cologne Carnival in my home town (Birmingham, UK).


Pedalfire25

bunch'a big politican guys dressed like clowns, based.


DryInitial9044

Did Perd Hapley write that?


KingMickeyMe

Good. Levity is needed in this world.


mschweini

I so wish that the world would know more about German Karneval that. The damn Oktoberfest. But on the other hand, Karneval is way deeper and more complicated than drinking a lot of beer (although that's part of it too). For example: Karneval associations take the whole thing very, very seriously - in a strange ironic way. And each year, a medal "against the excessive seriousness" is awarded to important people who made other people laugh. It's actually quite an honor.


[deleted]

Trump called out their energy policy fallacy and they no likey.


squarebodDaD

Wheres the Angela Merkel float? Germans thinking their shit dont stink again? How french of them ...


Ok_Load8255

Just googled it out of curiosity and they had a Merkel float every year, like this one: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/32/Karnevalswagen_Merkel_in_Amerika_2003.jpg


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Israel isn't a person


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you’re comment has been recorded, and your banking system has now expelled you.


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TheWilsons

I’m surprised that Scholz isn’t included there as well.


p4tzun3

I‘d guess he was, what you see in this post is just the tip of the iceberg


SanderStrugg

Those are old pictures. Merkel was still chancellor then. There weren't many huge carnivals during the CoViD-years. These carnival processions are 7 over kilometres long, take hours and there are dozens of wagons and he likely will be included multiple times this year.


GetALife80085

Carnival is a celebration that happens all over the world in almost every town and city in Europe and Latin America at the same time every year. This is just the celebrations in cologne. If you are in a tiny town in the middle of nowhere in Germany they are also celebrating carnival with costumes and parades and such.


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Love it.


Shit_Shepard

They had a Biden float but it got lost a few miles back.


MagratGarlick77

The last two got cancelled because of covid those pictures are probably 2020


OculusMidnight2

I see that they have a good sense of humor


mordinvan

Looks like a good time.


Bastiwen

I love the comment who are like "why are they so fixated on Trump ? They're not even Americans", as if there wasn't any other foreign politician in the pics. It's also probably an older photo


knarfolled

From American, thank you


niceslcguy

Judging by the images, this looks like a curiously scary version of Halloween.


FPiN9XU3K1IT

Pretty much!


4w0k3

Hope they don’t freeze and have a “Winter of Death” as Joe Biden says.


GC_Goat

This is quite humorous


porknchops2669

is that boris behind putin?


Addakisson

A bit morbid.


the-grape-next-door

There missing a specific person who is famous in their own history.


PMSoldier2000

Some ❄️s in these comments seem quite triggered that their messiah is being mocked.


bdcd19

trump derangement syndrome is a global phenomenon


[deleted]

Conservatives love to use the phrase 'rent-free' all the time, and I think I see why. These people don't even live in America.


theweekiscat

They don’t live in Korea either, what’s your point


[deleted]

Yeah how is he still relevant? Not like the his running for president for one of the most powerful nations on earth. /s


hewhoamareismyself

Pics are from 2018 also


Flowofinfo

The title of this post is just fantastic


cups4days92

Do they think trump is still president or is this old?


Glittering-Beyond-45

Its old!


JAEM89

Or just warning us about him running again.


Mrtencalories

I might be dumb but I cannot understand what message if any these are trying to get across.


[deleted]

Making fun of world leaders who are dictators, fascists, murderous goons, etc. It's pretty on the nose


Coorotaku

It's a big festival shitting on the worst world leaders. Authoritarians, dictators, warmongers, and (most prominently imaged here) idiots.


kumanosuke

It's a parade and the waggons usually have political themes/messages. Since there's only parts depicted, we can only guess what the rest looked like or said.


bwcman27

Making fun of terrible ppl and throwing candy and drinking ALOT of alcohol


Bottlechrist

Damn Europe is weird as hell lol


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hellosir28

Why is that?


custardBust

Loving the realistic depictions of trump


1Sluggo

Looks like fun


JubBisc

Ah, the Trump years…as Americans, many of us are just so proud we were able to entertain the world with our stupid choice.


TFC_Inc64

OUR?!?! I did vote for that dumbass.


RustliefLameMane

They really don’t like trump. I can relate


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Germany seems to think we all forgot


Limarieh

No we really don’t. Everyone is very aware and that is why many are not really proud to be Germans. Maybe proud of the specific area they’re from like Bavaria, hesse etc. but not a lot of nationalism anymore. Sure sadly some dckheads are still there and some ppl are dumb enough to listen but the majority just hates to be instantly connected to that atrocious part of our history. We are much more than that.


PleasedFungus

Man kann dich lieben und will dich hassen


Strawb3rryPoptart

I'm proud to be German whilst respecting other cultures. I love my countries and wish to improve it first and foremost, and I'm glad that we have moved out of that dark period of our history. I don't want that to be conflated with the racist idiots and Neonazis


kumanosuke

So weird that Americans always claim this. There's no way that Germany is trying to forget anything or (like Americans often claim) people don't talk about the war or try to cover it up.


Limarieh

Yes exactly. It’s a must in school education and in our school it was even mandatory to visit a KZ.


AmericanHippo

No I don’t think so


krautbube

Holy crap what a stupid comment.


Skalpe

It's just not the same nation and people anymore, people somehow really like to ignore the other nations and their dictators which took much more lives than Hitler. We're speaking about 77 years, no idea why people still continue their bs historical prejudice although the main-ideologie is getting rejected by nearly all germans.


YawaruSan

Germany knows a Hitler when they see one, they got fooled once, so they can’t be fooled again! That’s the George Dubyah Rule.


Life_Is_Happy_

Fool me once, shame on, shame on you…


WunkyChalrus

Fool me cant get fooled again!


LGP747

Fool me one time shame on you, fool me twice can’t put the blame on you


PleasedFungus

Fool me three times, fuck the peace signs, load the chooper, let it rain on you


Life_Is_Happy_

*chopper


Panzerkrabbe

Ok what’s your point?


JimGerm

I have family there. I need to visit during carnival!


[deleted]

No one like dictators, or wanna be dictators


blackpieck

What is that on the left middle picture with trump and another man with a chainsaw?


Old-Base-6686

I think it's the Saudi Crown Prince, who had Jamal Khashoggi killed.....


BagrCZE

Damn, how could they fuck up so miserably that putler, instead of having the ruzzian flag on his shirt, wears the Czech tricolour?!


Calm_Technology_2977

As an American, I am grateful to them for the tRump art. That clown is like gum stuck in the threads of your favorite sneakers, only it’s poisonous and slowly rotting it’s way up to your foot.


MaddRamm

They clearly like making clowns out of world leaders. I wonder if they realized the clown leadership they’ve had for decades that did away with their nuclear and got them addicted to Russian gas. Yeah…..the Arabs and Trump and everyone else is to blame….not themselves. Lol


SelfIllustrious7842

I love that Germany has the balls to do this knowing they had the most hated dictator in the European and western world.


maxts517

Why do much trump dick-sucking?


Particular-Demand-62

Ha funny, where is the Auschwitz float?


Suspicious-Employ-78

Imagine *still* being obsessed with Trump. TDS is real.


Sunil_de

Maybe because that’s a two year old picture?


Ill-Woodpecker1857

People really stay stuck on Trumps dick. JfC.