{"id":1213,"date":"2010-02-16T20:17:05","date_gmt":"2010-02-16T20:17:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bakkerbugle.com\/blog\/?p=1213"},"modified":"2010-02-16T20:22:24","modified_gmt":"2010-02-16T20:22:24","slug":"happy-carnival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/bakkerbugle.com\/blog\/2010\/02\/16\/happy-carnival\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy Carnival!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>For the season before Lent, Luxembourg doesn’t have some of the charming<\/a> and\/or citrusy<\/a> traditions of its neighbors. It does have a carnival procession and party in a small city, Diekirch, known as the Cavalcade.<\/p>\n

We’d like to share some of our photos and a few observations. Hopefully, we’ll be able to give it the full Bugle treatment before long!<\/p>\n

\"Pietons\"The first sign that we’d arrived in Diekirch were pedestrians in coordinated costumes. But the parade’s been underway for an hour… hey, guys, hurry up!<\/p>\n

\"FanfareWe found the parade route with no problem. Our first sight was a marching band. Okay, looks good.<\/p>\n

\"Confetti\"The first float featured a homemade confetti shooter. Nicely done, gentlemen. We would learn that confetti is one of the pillars of the Diekirch Cavalcade.<\/p>\n

\"Asterix\"<\/p>\n

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I shouted, “Anita, look! It’s Obelix and Asterix!” She broke my heart this Valentine’s Day by responding, “Who?”<\/p>\n

\"Diekirch<\/p>\n

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I can’t read it, but I’m pretty sure this group had something to say about the plans to close the Diekirch brewery.<\/p>\n

\"FanfareNow you’re seeing more of the spirit of the Cavalcade.<\/p>\n

\"Pandemie\"Most floats focused on one clear joke or commentary on recent events. Voici, the swine-flu pandemic.<\/p>\n

\"BiereFrom what we could tell, every float must be (1) pulled by a large farm tractor, and (2) equipped with a keg.<\/p>\n

\"FutThe evidence points to this: each and every DJ residing within 20km of Diekirch is compelled to lend sound equipment to a float, and serve as keg-master during the Cavalcade.<\/p>\n

\"Costume\"One great feature of the Cavalcade is that about half the spectators<\/em> are dressed in crazy costumes.<\/p>\n

\"FouleMaybe the culture gap is much wider than I thought, but it looked to me like the dominant theme of the spectators’ costumes was, “Well, this looks bizarre and make no sense at all. I am fabulous!”<\/p>\n

\"AneThe donkey is the mascot of the city of Diekirch, so gussied-up donkeys figured prominently in many floats.<\/p>\n

Really, there’s not much more to say, but plenty to see. We’ll work on a more thorough report when the sun stops shining here.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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