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Cologne Carnival is the largest and most famous. [citation needed] Cologne, Düsseldorf and Mainz are held in the public media to be Germany's three carnival strongholds, but carnival celebrations are also widespread elsewhere in the Rhineland.
About a century ago Rijeka lived its carnival life more intensively than any other town in this part of Europe. Carnival parades were organized as well as carnival balls with the presence of Austrian and Hungarian aristocrats, Russian princesses, German barons, earls and countesses from all over Europe.
The Carnival of Basel (German: Basler Fasnacht) is the biggest carnival in Switzerland and it is the main Protestant carnival in the world. [1] Basler Fasnacht takes place annually between February and March in Basel. It has been listed as one of the top fifty local festivities in Europe. [2]
Carnival in Rome, c. 1650 Rio's Carnival is the largest in the world according to Guinness World Records. [1]Carnival or Shrovetide is a festive season that occurs at the close of the Christian pre-Lenten period, [2] consisting of Quinquagesima or Shrove Sunday, Shrove Monday, and Shrove Tuesday or Mardi Gras.
As there have been continuously more than one million spectators on the streets for the Rose Monday parade every year [3] Cologne carnival is one of the largest street festivals in Europe. The Cologne Carnival traditionally ends with the burning of the Nubbel on the night of Ash Wednesday. This straw doll hangs above many pubs where carnival is ...
The carnival takes place the last week in May (week 21) and is the largest carnival in Scandinavia (advertised as "the biggest carnival in northern Europe"). The Aalborg Carnival stands for a week and has three main carnival events: The Grand Parade, Battle of Carnival Bands and Children's Carnival. The carnival week is for everyone – both ...
The Patras Carnival (Patrino Karnavali) is the largest event of its kind in Greece and one of the biggest in Europe, with a heritage reaching back 160 years. The events begin on 17 January each year (St. Anthony's nameday), and last until Clean Monday .
The stage was based on those used in the Eurovision Song Contest, with a large LED screen, the largest in Europe. The Carnival Queen was chosen by choreographer and Bollywood actor Sunny Singh (born in Bombay), and the president of the jury was the consul of India in Canary Islands, Boagwandas Gope Mahtani.