The following Sunday belongs to the colourful Schull- un Veedelszöch, with schools and neighbourhood groups processing through the city and more than 250,000 spectators lining the route.
The real highlight is the next day, “Rosenmontag” (Rose Monday), the day of the big Carnival procession with the three chief Carnival figures – Prince, Peasant and Maiden. Each year’s procession tries to outdo that of the year before in colourfulness, witty ideas and colourful costumes.
Scores of decorated floats with huge figures parodying topical events, music bands and brightly clad groups – all passing through streets packed tightly with more than a million spectators cheering and calling out for sweets and little bunches of flowers. Around 300 tonnes of sweets and some 300,000 small bouquets are distributed along the route.
