Carnival, Germany. 嘉年華/ 狂歡節, 德國

People celebrate in the streets of downtown Duesseldorf after the symbolic awakening of the Hoppeditz, the symbol for carnival, Germany. November 11, 2013  http://www.voanews.com/media/photogallery/november-11-2013-day-in-photos/1788101.html

A drunken reveler in a gorilla costume takes a rest while a masked lady passes by in Cologne. Tens of thousands of carnival supporters celebrated the traditional beginning of the carnival season in Germany. (Martin Meissner/Associated Press)
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The Hoppeditz, the carnival figurehead that is woken from his slumber at 11.11am on November 11, greets hundreds of fools in the streets of Duesseldorf, Germany. This is the traditional start of the carnival season in Germany with the highlight being the street carnival parades on Rose Monday
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 The Gremlins Carnival Club's illuminated cart, Xtinct, waits to take part in the Glastonbury Carnival in Glastonbury, England. The carnival is one of a series of parades, in towns throughout Somerset in November, widely regarded as among the largest illuminated processions in the world. The major regional event dates back to the Gunpowder Plot of 1605. (Matt Cardy/Getty Images)
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Carnival - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnival
狂歡節 - 維基百科，自由的百科全書
狂歡節（英語：Carnival），為期數星期至數月的重要天主教和東正教節日，信徒化裝或打扮一番後巡遊慶祝
「Carnival」又音譯作嘉年華，但本質已脫離宗教慶祝，變成娛樂性的大型攤位活動
德國西部地區的狂歡節源於東正教是聖灰星期三的前夕有上千年的歷史，慶祝冬季的結束和春天的來臨。在德國是僅次於聖誕節的重要節日
 http://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%8B%82%E6%AD%A1%E7%AF%80

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