Huge crowds of costumed revelers took to German streets on Thursday as the much-loved Carnival celebrations got underway, with the two Rhineland Carnival bastions of Cologne and Düsseldorf a focus of ...

Malmedy: Belgium’s oldest carnival, the Cwarmê, plays out over the four days preceding Ash Wednesday. A program highlight, the dance of the Haguètes and the Arlequins, followed by a large procession ...

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