"German Turks join the party in pre-Lenten carnival
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Posted by: Madeline Chambers
(Photo: Carnival revelers parade in Düsseldorf, 4 Feb 2008/Ina Fassbender)
Germany’s pre-Lenten carnival festivities got underway on Thursday with an official Turkish carnival association is joining in the fun this year for the first time.
Long sidelined from the usually raucous celebrations, an annual highpoint in Catholic areas such as the Rhineland, Bavaria and Black Forest, residents of Turkish origin in the city of Dortmund have created their own “Guild of Fools”. That means they can have their own float in Monday’s big procession, a troupe of dancers and a symbolic “prince and princess couple”."
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