| T.R | Title | User | Personal
Name | Date | Lines |
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| 373.1 | German Karneval | GVA05::BETTELS | Cheryl, DTN 821-4022, Management Systems Research | Sat Feb 20 1993 11:30 | 18 |
| I went to Mardi Gras once many many years ago. Biggest hangover of my
life.
My husband is from Germany which celebrates "Karneval" (the origins of
which mean "meat eating" since it was the last day you could eat meat).
On the Thursday before Lent is "Old Wives Festival Day". The women
dress up like old women and take over the town hall and such. They
also carry around scissors which they use to cut off the tie of any
unlucky man they happen to come across. Karneval involves quaffing
enormous quantities of beer and partying 24 hours a day until
Wednesday. The music changes from year to year and usually involves a
lot of brass bands with oompa-oompa music :-)
This is also how it is celebrated in the Swiss German part of
Switzerland except for Basle which, for some odd reason, celebrate it
one week later !
Cheryl
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| 373.2 | Big Easy | LUNER::KELLYJ | Genuine '59 Coupe DeVille | Mon Feb 22 1993 08:38 | 1 |
| Re .0: New Orleans, Big Chief.
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| 373.3 | Meet De Boys On De Battlefront | TECRUS::ROST | Clone *me*, Dr. Memory | Mon Feb 22 1993 12:22 | 7 |
| My band Gator Bait, which does cajun/zydeco/New Orleans stuff, did a
Mardi Gras party on a double bill with a Brazilian band last year.
Wow! We got smoked 8^) 8^) Anyway, it was a wild event. One thing
is for sure, Mardi Gras and carnival songs are made for only one
thing: dancing!
Brian
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