Übersetzung für "Shrove monday" in Deutsch

Daily opened (except Carnival Monday, Shrove Tuesday, Good Friday, Easter Sunday and Easter Monday)

Elaborate floats and many groups on foot on Shrove Monday combine to form a miles-long lindworm that wends its way through Schönau’s streets watched by 15,000 onlookers in this centre of only 1,400 souls.

In March, when Cologne and Bonn city centers are full of life-sized pink fluffy bunnies, toadstools and devils instead of busy office workers or strolling shopping divas, it´s that time of year again. It´s the "fifth season" as pre-Lent carnival festivities are known in Rhineland, where the tradition still has a strong foothold. The street festivals turn the two cities on their heads and traditionally start on Weiberfastnacht (Womens Carnival Day), which takes place on the Thursday before Rosenmontag (Shrove Monday).

Highlights of this crazy time include the queen run on the Königsallee on carnival Saturday and the Shrove Monday parade through the city center.

Epiphany is celebrated on 6 January in the ports; carnival and Shrove Monday are celebrated in January and February.

Galaxidi is famed for "aleuromoutzouromata ", that take place each year in Shrove Monday on the coastal road of the town.

When you put on your fancy-dress costume things start happening during the street parades known as "Zoch." Besides the many parades and carnival highlights such as the queen run on carnival Saturday, in which the Königsallee becomes a raceway for the city´s hottest drag queens, the actual high point of the street carnival is the traditional Shrove Monday parade, with its provocatively designed floats, establishing the Düsseldorf carnival as the "cheekiest party in the world!"

The Carnival and Shrove Monday are celebrated in a unique local way, while, in the summer, many municipalities, such as the Municipality of Lindos, organise feasts with local dances and songs, where one can have free food and wine.

Carnival and Shrove Monday are celebrated in January or February, depending on the date of the Easter celebrations, and mark the beginning of Sarakosti, that is the Lenten period, which lasts for 40 days.

At the Shrove Monday Procession in Dusseldorf 18 visually impaired people and 35 wheelchair users accompanied by a companion had the opportunity to experience the carnival for the first time in a new way.

This, combined with the very upbeat atmosphere and the relaxed mood, means that the Thursday before Shrove Tuesday, Carnival Monday and the days around them are far less hectic than they might appear at first glance.

These include the "Jeisterzoch" (ghost parade) on Carnival Saturday, which has a political satire focus, as well as smaller parades in almost all the city districts. The main "Zoch" is the real highlight of the street carnivals – the traditional Shrove Monday procession with its eye-catching and often provocative floats. The parade in the carnival stronghold of Cologne starts at Chlodwigplatz and slowly shuffles 6.5 km through the city center. This doyen of all carnival celebrations can boast many superlatives.

Old Maid’s Day, Shrove Monday and Ash Wednesday are also days on which agreed working hours must be honoured in a completely normal way.

The "fifth season of the year" has found its way into the Rhineland and will turn the city upside down for duration of the carnival season. The colorful street carnival is the highlight of the activities, the true "crazy days." It traditionally begins in February on Women ?s Carnival Day (the Thursday before Shrove Monday) and catapults the city into a state of chaos until Ash Wednesday, with costume balls, processions and all kinds of comical figures on the streets!As a resident you have the choice of either fleeing town or letting the "normal" madness of these mega-events take hold of you and partying for all your worth.