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Fasching (Carnival)

February cannot pass without a party or two to celebrate ‘Fasching/ Karnival.’

The second joint Clifton/ Badminton ‘Fasching’ party is on 19th February ‘Rosenmontag’ at Badminton School.

Clifton College Year 8s and the Third Form are very warmly invited to attend. It is now time to start work on the costumes for this year’s event...


‘Werden wir uns dieses Jahr nochmal als Piraten verkleiden müssen?!	The modest winner of the 2006 boy’s ‘Verkleidungspreis.’

This year we plan to offer the sixth form an evening Fasching talk on ‘Bierbraukunst,’ followed by a meal and ‘eine kleine Bierprobe.’

It is also about time that we practised our greetings:

FASCHING/KARNEVAL EXPRESSIONS
Alaaf!	Carnival greeting in the Kölsch dialect of Cologne.
Helau!	Carnival greeting in Düsseldorf.
die Büttenrede	A rhyming humorous Carnival speech
Ho Narro! S'goht degege!	Aus dem Alemannischen: Es geht dagegen!
Fastnacht	Der Abend vor der Fastenzeit
der Morgestraich	Name of the nighttime Fasnacht procession in Basel
der Narrensprung	Fool's Leap, a famous Fasnet procession in Rottweil
die närrische Saison	Fasching, Karneval