Scaring away winter
May 18, 2022
In parts of eastern and southern Germany, as well as in Austria, the carnival is called Fasching. In Franconia and Baden-Württemberg as well as some other parts of Germany, the carnival is called Fas(t)nacht, Fassenacht or Fasnet; in Switzerland, Fasnacht. While Germany’s carnival traditions are mostly celebrated in the predominantly Roman Catholic southern and western […]
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