In Cologne, Theresa May, in the Brexit-mania rages, in Mainz, Germany, Merkel is riding on the lame coalition, and Düsseldorf, a tolerance rolling cart. No subject is in front of the truck farmers of the rose Monday trains safely.
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Wit and Satire: The rose Monday car
Shredded Chancellor
The wagon builders in Cologne, Germany built this subject car in accordance with an action of the Graffiti artist Banksy: His picture of a girl with air balloon was destroyed during an auction by a in the picture frame hidden shredder. Thus, the Cologne carnival Angela Merkel addressed a farewell as CDU party Chairman.
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Wit and Satire: The rose Monday car
Alexaaa
If you do not have their own, then at least one Person in the social environment can come up with this: with the controlled personal assistant Amazon Echo, which is activated by key word voice. But if Alexa is also a master of the Cologne language?
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Wit and Satire: The rose Monday car
“Hambi remains”
The hambach forest is, since 2012, always a point of contention between environmental activists and the energy group RWE, tearing up the terrain, where brown coal could be extracted. The conflict came to a head in 2018, as activists occupied tree houses forcibly vacated. On the car the hare and the hedgehog, what is all the fuss actually.
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Wit and Satire: The rose Monday car
Wrong Roles
In 2018, two horses were at the carnival parade in Cologne, Germany, four people were injured. The animal rights organization PETA criticized already for a long time the use of horses at major events. The car was, so train conductor Alexander Dieper, in the attempt, “as a proper Cologne with a twinkle in his eye to show a different solution,” he should not, however, affect the “seriousness of this issue”.
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Wit and Satire: The rose Monday car
A President falls from the Pedestal
As Macron was elected to the French President, set his people great hopes on him. But he could not meet them. Since October 2018, the so-called yellow the West to protest against its policy. Initially, the movement was directed against the proposed higher taxation of fossil fuels, such as Diesel. Later, other claims were made.
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Wit and Satire: The rose Monday car
Ungesühnte Deeds
This car is one of the eleven floats in the Mainz carnival procession on Shrovetide Monday. Is the subject of the abuse scandal in the Catholic Church: A Pastor leaves undisturbed a Church building. Also allusions to the #MeToo debate are part of the game.
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Wit and Satire: The rose Monday car
The Queen on the run
With their dogs to Queen Elizabeth II. flees from the Leaving Chaos to Europe. In the Hand she holds an asylum application in Germany. In exaggerated way, the car builders show here is a piece of reality: in fact, have sought, because of the threat of Brexits already many British people with a German passport. The Queen will not leave your home so quickly.
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Wit and Satire: The rose Monday car
Full up to the top
“To Puke” is the globe on this car are the pollution of the environment. She spits out a huge pile of plastic waste. This is also a topic at the Cologne rose Monday parade: There’s the famous clown fish from “finding Nemo”, which threatens to suffocate on the plastic.
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Wit and Satire: The rose Monday car
“On the face”
Andrea Nahles is represented on this cart of the Mainzer Carneval Association with knocked-out teeth lying on the ground. It is tilted from its red-SPD-heeled shoes. Is based the car on a quote, the SPD Chairman, addressed to the Union: “Starting tomorrow, you’ll get in your face.” From the point of view, the car maker has turned this rather into the opposite.
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Wit and Satire: The rose Monday car
An Alternative, or rather a Nazi?
Evil: of A car shows the front of the AfD poster, on a harmless-looking man. You look at the car but from the rear, there is a Neo-Nazi with bald pate, a Tattoo and a torch from the poster are on the rise. His right Arm raised to the Hitler salute. With the other car, it will roll on Monday through the centre of Mainz and for divided opinions.
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Wit and Satire: The rose Monday car
Shredded Chancellor
The wagon builders in Cologne, Germany built this subject car in accordance with an action of the Graffiti artist Banksy: His picture of a girl with air balloon was destroyed during an auction by a in the picture frame hidden shredder. Thus, the Cologne carnival Angela Merkel addressed a farewell as CDU party Chairman.
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Wit and Satire: The rose Monday car
Alexaaa
If you do not have their own, then at least one Person in the social environment can come up with this: with the controlled personal assistant Amazon Echo, which is activated by key word voice. But if Alexa is also a master of the Cologne language?
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Wit and Satire: The rose Monday car
“Hambi remains”
The hambach forest is, since 2012, always a point of contention between environmental activists and the energy group RWE, tearing up the terrain, where brown coal could be extracted. The conflict came to a head in 2018, as activists occupied tree houses forcibly vacated. On the car the hare and the hedgehog, what is all the fuss actually.
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Wit and Satire: The rose Monday car
Wrong Roles
In 2018, two horses were at the carnival parade in Cologne, Germany, four people were injured. The animal rights organization PETA criticized already for a long time the use of horses at major events. The car was, so train conductor Alexander Dieper, in the attempt, “as a proper Cologne with a twinkle in his eye to show a different solution,” he should not, however, affect the “seriousness of this issue”.
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Wit and Satire: The rose Monday car
A President falls from the Pedestal
As Macron was elected to the French President, set his people great hopes on him. But he could not meet them. Since October 2018, the so-called yellow the West to protest against its policy. Initially, the movement was directed against the proposed higher taxation of fossil fuels, such as Diesel. Later, other claims were made.
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Wit and Satire: The rose Monday car
Ungesühnte Deeds
This car is one of the eleven floats in the Mainz carnival procession on Shrovetide Monday. Is the subject of the abuse scandal in the Catholic Church: A Pastor leaves undisturbed a Church building. Also allusions to the #MeToo debate are part of the game.
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Wit and Satire: The rose Monday car
The Queen on the run
With their dogs to Queen Elizabeth II. flees from the Leaving Chaos to Europe. In the Hand she holds an asylum application in Germany. In exaggerated way, the car builders show here is a piece of reality: in fact, have sought, because of the threat of Brexits already many British people with a German passport. The Queen will not leave your home so quickly.
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Wit and Satire: The rose Monday car
Full up to the top
“To Puke” is the globe on this car are the pollution of the environment. She spits out a huge pile of plastic waste. This is also a topic at the Cologne rose Monday parade: There’s the famous clown fish from “finding Nemo”, which threatens to suffocate on the plastic.
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Wit and Satire: The rose Monday car
“On the face”
Andrea Nahles is represented on this cart of the Mainzer Carneval Association with knocked-out teeth lying on the ground. It is tilted from its red-SPD-heeled shoes. Is based the car on a quote, the SPD Chairman, addressed to the Union: “Starting tomorrow, you’ll get in your face.” From the point of view, the car maker has turned this rather into the opposite.
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Wit and Satire: The rose Monday car
An Alternative, or rather a Nazi?
Evil: of A car shows the front of the AfD poster, on a harmless-looking man. You look at the car but from the rear, there is a Neo-Nazi with bald pate, a Tattoo and a torch from the poster are on the rise. His right Arm raised to the Hitler salute. With the other car, it will roll on Monday through the centre of Mainz and for divided opinions.
On rose Monday it’s that time again – in spite of a storm warning. Dense fools and fools are in the carnival strongholds of Cologne, Mainz, and Düsseldorf on the roadside, to admire the large motif of the car. Every year, the chariot maker create with a lot of imagination and skill in figures, the driving theme of city, Federal and world politics dominant satirical on the top. The Mainz and Cologne have presented with your car, in Düsseldorf, the secret will be revealed traditionally only on rose Monday, with one exception.
Tolerance car in Düsseldorf
It is also a very special motive car with a strong message: the “tolerance truck”. With red noses in the face of an Iman in addition to a Catholic priest, a Rabbi and an Evangelical pastor – and all together they are crazy – so crazy in the carnival. On the wagon the seven representatives of the four religious communities, ride, throw, among other things, kosher candy into the crowd.
The tolerance-wagon that celebrates in düsseldorf rose Monday parade Premiere
Queen flees in Mainz in front of the Brexit
Mainz will present his reputation as a political stronghold of the carnival, as the carnival in the state capital of Rheinland-Pfalz is called, again, more than fair – even if the Mainzer Carneval club this year, for reasons of cost, only eleven instead of the usual 13 subject car. Take the political developments of the last year, but skillfully mocking target: Merkel is riding on the almost totgerittenen horse of the coalition, the Queen runs away with a request for asylum in front of the Brexit, and the globe, spitting out a mountain of plastic waste.
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Of Macron up Trumps Tattoo: carnival float in Cologne
“For us, it uttered home”
In Cologne, 30 people in a seven-vehicle team of 11. November to mid-February to the 26 of pastiche-the car worked, the cars at the rose Monday your way through the crowds of people. The Motto of the current carnival Session is “for Us, it uttered home” (Our language is home). In addition to local political issues, one also finds here allusions to world politics: Donald Trump slams with a Golf club international agreements such as the Paris climate agreement, and the Iran Deal, and the French yellow West is trying to overthrow the Golden Emmanuel Macron from his Pedestal.
Trump presents his most: “I love me”
With a car, the Cologne carnival takes himself for a ride: He shows a horse that has made it in a Carriage comfortably, while the two guards pulling it. The car alludes to an incident in the last year: at the Time, two horses were gone through with a car, four people were injured. This led to a discussion about the necessity of horses at major events such as the carnival. To ensure the protection of animals, have you consulted with a veterinary doctor. “We are now convinced that we can take to safeguard the welfare of the horses remains,” says train conductor Alexander Dieper. Ultimately, the animals will not be riding but in Cologne through the streets. Due to the announced storm the Cologne this year, on horses and carriages.
Train conductor Alexander Dieper car with designs for the motif
Anticipation and euphoria
Security is in General a very big issue for all the carnival clubs, Dieper. “We all have only one thing in mind: to bring the carnival safely and peacefully through the cities. We meet regularly and learn from each other.”
Now all the major preparations are completed, and the train conductor is looking forward to the street carnival. “The topping is for me the Start into the hot Phase of carnival. Now, let’s get started. I am full of anticipation and euphoria.”