Carnival and Fasching in Stuttgart Germany 2019 MUST WATCH !!! скачать в хорошем качестве

Carnival and Fasching in Stuttgart Germany 2019 MUST WATCH !!!

Tio has its Carnival, New Orleans Mardi Gras and we here Baden Württemberg celebrate Fasching, Or Fasnet. Or Fastnacht. its one of the best Swabian Tradition. The traditional Swabian-Alemannic masks are called Häs. Most of them look quite scary, not jolly like the clowns or princesses most people would think of when they picture a Carnival celebration. These Häs have a long tradition and some of them are handed down from generation to generation. You can find a number of characters amongst the Häs: jesters, witches, daemons, animals and legendary characters. As soon as someone puts on his or her Häs, they change their character and begin to act wild and sometimes even nasty, especially at Fasching parades. If you visit a parade with kids, have a close eye on them as they might get scared by the wild figures and performances. And it happens very often that children or teenagers get kidnapped by a group of witches or jesters who carry their victim with them for a while (that actually happened to my mum when she was a child – you might guess she never became a big fan of Fasching afterwards…) But of course you don’t need a traditional Häs to join a Fasching party! You will notice that most people will dress up in “normal” costumes, too.