Carnival 2009

Carnival celebrations shift into high gear in cities along Germany's Rhine valley.

It's that time of year againImage: picture-alliance / dpa

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Carnival in Pictures

The Fifth Season

Well, it's that time of the year again: Carnival. And people in many parts of Germany, mainly Catholic areas, are letting themselves go ahead of Lent -- the traditional period of fasting and prayer. In western German cities like Aachen, Bonn, Düsseldorf, Cologne and Mainz hundreds of thousands of revellers are today celebrating Shrove Monday -- what they call here in Germany Rose Monday -- which they see as the high point of Carnival.

Tradition Maintained by Youth

Carnival as it is celebrated in Germany goes back well over a hundred and fifty years. And if that tradition is to be maintained, the young generation have to get involved. To find out whether or not that's happening, we've visit a carnival club near the eastern German citiy of Leipzig.

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