Go to Cologne Carnival they said: THIS is how our Australian reporter reacted

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Жыл бұрын

We sent our Australian reporter Brant to Cologne to participate in the city's world-famous Carnival. His job? To celebrate like a German! The right costume, dancing lessons, and - finally - a performance on the big stage. See how well he handles all of what he later calls, "madness".
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CREDITS
Report: Brant Dennis
Camera: Florian Kroker
Edit: Sina Mölleck-Liening
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@pulkitgera8509 Жыл бұрын

Went yesterday and it was the craziest party i have ever seen. Full street at Alt Markt on the banks of Rhine in costume, dancing and having fun. One of the best experiences of my life

@dweuromaxx Жыл бұрын

Glad you had a blast!

@eiscremefrauneumann6285 Жыл бұрын

Glad you had fun! So.. see you next year? 😃

@ShahidKhan-rx2ry Жыл бұрын

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@ShahidKhan-rx2ry Жыл бұрын

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@NeoViny Жыл бұрын

Alter Markt ;-)

@wandilismus8726 Жыл бұрын

Bavarians: We have Oktoberfest Swabians: We have the Vasn Rhinelanders: We have Carneval Northern Germans: We have Common Sense

@dweuromaxx Жыл бұрын

😅

@lenakohl2339 Жыл бұрын

We have Kieler Woche and Hafengeburtstag (Hamburg).

@wandilismus8726 Жыл бұрын

@@lenakohl2339 Too bad

@MeriloLB Жыл бұрын

North Germany: Schützenfest

@lenakohl2339 Жыл бұрын

@@MeriloLB Kenn ich nicht. Laut google gibt es das in Norddeutschland wohl nur in Niedersachsen.

@NeovanGoth Жыл бұрын

"Ey it's not bad" might be one of the most positive things I've ever heard of Kölsch. xD

@paulsj9245 Жыл бұрын

Well done Brant, but this is not madness but well-(German)-organized celebrations. Madness is on the streets, yesterday (Wieverfastelovend) and Sunday to Tuesday (including Rosenmontag)! Cheers from a Cologne ex-pat with a tear in his eye!

@dweuromaxx Жыл бұрын

🍻🥳

@ShahidKhan-rx2ry Жыл бұрын

4200 - 3100 education people limits travel crossing hurtable block table waste free time

@ShahidKhan-rx2ry Жыл бұрын

abusing skill wearable home pager train fore freedom area bb elite

@MrProthall Жыл бұрын

Immigrant is the word you're looking for. Ex-Pat is a meaningless term designed to make Americans think they're better than anyone else.

@paulsj9245 Жыл бұрын

@@MrProthall I beg to differ - I only knew English ex-pats in Spain, and, above, it's me, and I'm not an immigrant from Cologne but an ex-pat in Bavaria! 🤣

@SteveMarksMusic Жыл бұрын

I'm an Aussie and I have been a Karneval DJ since 2016. It is absolutely INSANE!!! Better than any festival I've ever played in the world. Also, getting a medal is a huge honour, I think that was massively underplayed..!!

@frederikhein4195 Жыл бұрын

Carnival is a huge deal in Germany (at least in parts of it) and Cologne is one of the places where it’s celebrated the most. I‘d love to visit their carnival one day but for now I stay at my hometown Fulda (eastern Hesse). Though much smaller, we‘re also known for carnival, in local dialect called “Foaset“. The other famous place in Germany with a deep carnival tradition is Mainz. So what about visiting that city’s carnival (there called “Fastnacht“) next? With that being said, Helau, Föllsch Foll Hinein and Kölle Alaaf!

@Stoldt112 Жыл бұрын

Greetings from the Rhön☺️I was there this Year and plan to visit it next year again 🎉

@antje8303 Жыл бұрын

Well done! However, the Carneval most Germans know is outside on the streets and in the pubs with huge parades, music, dancing and costumes. The Sitzungskarneval like in this video is only known to relatively few, hardcore carnevalists hehe.

@SteveMarksMusic Жыл бұрын

Agreed!

@bartmann1_ Жыл бұрын

My dancing skills have now dramatically improved 😅

@dweuromaxx Жыл бұрын

We need to see more 👀

@kaddy0306 Жыл бұрын

The more the people drink (and you too) the easier it will be xD - for both parties. Hope you don't think too weird about the Niederrhein Region and Köln now 😂😂😂

@D0MiN0ChAn Жыл бұрын

0:19 If it's any consolation, I was born and raised in Germany, live right within the Karneval region between Cologne & Düsseldorf and still couldn't care less about celebrating 🤫 But as we say "jeder Jeck is anders!"

@dweuromaxx Жыл бұрын

So you live in the eye of the hurricane, so to speak - it is said to be very quiet there..-🥳😇

@bigernie9433 Жыл бұрын

Cologne has a very marked talent in identifying occasions for wild parties.

@madhatter9322 Жыл бұрын

I was born in Cologne and live here. I've been celebrating carnival for as long as I can remember. Here it is ingested with breast milk. one must not take the carnival too seriously. Even if the girls here are often dressed "hot", it is strictly forbidden to touch them indecently and most of them react aggressively to it. flirting is of course allowed. But nice that you liked it.

@elkampinski Жыл бұрын

Bartmann so sympathisch 😃😃

@dweuromaxx Жыл бұрын

We agree! Such a cutie!

@ankem4329 Жыл бұрын

Missed street carnival. So experienced half of Köln carnival

@timoleon2903 Жыл бұрын

Well done, Brant!

@juli_rex3408 Жыл бұрын

Einfach mein lehrer

@kennikitty Жыл бұрын

Kölsch and "quite good" in one sentence... My Düsseldorfer heart is bleeding. Have you been to the Rosenmontagszug? The "Züge" (basically parades) that are taking place between Sunday and Tuesday typically are the highlights of german street carneval and Rosenmontag (Rosemonday) is when the two biggest carneval cities Düsseldof and Cologne have their Rosenmontagszüge go through their inner cities. It's an awesome time. People get dressed in silly costumes, listen to silly music, kids eat candy (participants of the Züge throw candies and flowers into the spectatos) and adults get drunk. It's literally the best time of the year. There's millions of people out on the steets during the week of steet carneval celebrations between Altweiber and Aschermittwoch. Düsseldorf and Cologne both claim to celebrate the best carneval, which leads to a very well known fun rivalry between the two cities and they both make fun of each other all the time during carneval.

@stillx1211 Жыл бұрын

Ich denke mal dass man alleine an der Musikauswahl erkennt wo Karneval besser gefeiert wird

@j.mcgyver5541 Жыл бұрын

As a girl born into the Cologne Carnival and celebrating it from the bottom of my heart ( not the "drink till you drop and wake up in the hospital several days after" - part), I have always wondered what a foreigner might think finding himself in the middle of all of this

@dweuromaxx Жыл бұрын

Haha! Well, we hope Brant didn't disappoint :D

@j.mcgyver5541 Жыл бұрын

@@dweuromaxx not at all😅

@lollipop3105 Жыл бұрын

I am from the east of German and learned almost only new stuff 🤭

@SavageKRUB Жыл бұрын

Max is my teacher 😂 mr. Rudolff

@jayjinho1981 Жыл бұрын

🔥🔥🔥

@jamesdoyle5405 Жыл бұрын

It seems there as big a difference between the north and south as between east and west. Fun video.

@dweuromaxx Жыл бұрын

Many Germans would agree with you on that ;). Thanks for watching!

@johaquila Жыл бұрын

The north-south difference is greater, actually. It's much older. The east-west difference was just a temporary phenomenon that has left some traces, but nothing too deep. When Germany united in the 19th century, the 'German Question' was whether the first modern German national state would consist only of the Protestant north, all German-speaking areas plus the non-German-speaking parts of the Austrian Empire, or something in between. In the first case it would have been dominated by Prussia, in the second case a fierce conflict between Prussia and Austria would have been built in. Prussian Chancellor Bismarck solved the problem by manufacturing the war of 1870/71 with France, with a coalition consisting of all the German states except Austria. By proclaiming the German Empire consisting of all the members of the coalition (but not Austria) in the Hall of Mirrors of Versailles Castle after a quick and decisive victory, they bamboozled the population of the Catholic southern German states into accepting a Prussia- and Protestant-dominated state without Austria. (Things have changed since then. Germany lost a lot of northern territory to Poland in 1945, and today neither the north nor the south really dominates.)

@jamesdoyle5405 Жыл бұрын

@johaquila Thank you for the well written history. I appreciate your having taken the time to provide such a detailed post. Best wishes to you.

@rmdebora Жыл бұрын

Laughing in Brazil ❤😂

@emmaorlich7427 Жыл бұрын

Do you know the Nick Name of the Nippeser Bürgerwehr? "Appelsinefunke". But we also got "Spinat und Ei" and some more. Living at Bavaria let me go insane. I lost every thing. Hurts too much, miss it too much. 😞

@j.mcgyver5541 Жыл бұрын

Same here 😔 Bavaria is a whole different world

@Ray-lm4nj Жыл бұрын

Greeting from Max's favorite AG, the Clara Pfandis 😂😂 No but seriously, this is gonna haunt you forever, Mr. Rudloff 💀

@aoofmg6684 Жыл бұрын

He said Helau in Cologne and lived to tell the tale O.O

@HenryAusLuebeck Жыл бұрын

Bin als Teenager mit unserem Fanfarenzug den Rosenmontagsumzug mit marschiert und habe getrommelt. Für uns Norddeutsche ist das echt zu verrückt. Aber Spaß gemacht hat es trotzdem. Gruß aus Schleswig-Holstein, der einzig wahre Norden. Edit: Kölsch ist kein Bier! `tschuldigung, liebe Kölner. ;)

@andreash656 Жыл бұрын

Entschuldigung angenommen.

@snoopy1952 Жыл бұрын

Kölsch ist das einzig wahre ;) Aber jedem das seine

@HenryAusLuebeck Жыл бұрын

Schön, danke für euer Verständnis. 😉👍🥁🎵🎶♥️

@emmaorlich7427 Жыл бұрын

Jein, ein Kölsch ist langweilig, aber dabei bleibt es selten. Die Bedienung ist verdammt fix und am Ende weißt du nicht mehr, wie viel du eigentlich getrunken hast. Da wird es dann langsam lustig. Komme aus Köln, lebe in Franken. Hier sitzt man mehr auf dem Trockenen wie alles andere, trotz der Größe des Kruges. 😅

@rachelglenn4821 Жыл бұрын

AAAH I died every time his English was a bit funky I might be fluent but I would totally start talking gibberish in front of a camera so I can't blame him

@dweuromaxx Жыл бұрын

What's so "funky" about his English? 🥳

@tina00017 Жыл бұрын

Hahahaha “after five or six Kölsch” ;)

@kamlog Жыл бұрын

or thirty ... 😁

@TomNook. Жыл бұрын

Brant is quickly becoming a meme

@dweuromaxx Жыл бұрын

😅

@ingo_8628 Жыл бұрын

By the way, carnival starts at 11:11 a'clock at the 11. of november.

@norbertgabler8267 Жыл бұрын

Mit Drei/Acht im Kessel is alles EEEJAAAAAAL. Kölle Alaaf. Dä Prinz kütt ... Kamelle, Strüssjer, Bützjer ... un e Stängsje Kölsch.

@yasemindemirci1343 Жыл бұрын

A real "Jeck". Greetings out of Cologne!

@hoehere_Gewalt Жыл бұрын

He could form proper sentences in the end so he missed a crucial part of Karneval, which is getting wasted drunk before 11:11 AM.

@cheeseboi9951 Жыл бұрын

Carnival is the best thing in the world (im from cologne)

@edsontransports9400 10 ай бұрын

What is the music at 0:49? Sounds like Zillertaler Hochzeitsmarsch.

@TheBlueZoe Жыл бұрын

I am from Germany. And I didn't get the point of Karneval/Fasching untill now.

@Pomoscorzo Жыл бұрын

Try Venice Carnevale next. 😉

@OliverBusse Жыл бұрын

@ryanwass strange things happening in February here in Germany...

@Morte_n Жыл бұрын

The most absurd part about carnival in Cologne is how it was meant to be against the strict rules of society, to just have fun and enjoy life. Now it has some insanely strict rules, nepotism (called Klügel in Cologne and sadly a bit "celebrated") and is just often old white men taking themselves WAY too serious. As an outside it just feels really weird agree on that!

@wilhelmeder1273 4 ай бұрын

Ist schon schön anzusehen wie die globale Welt zusammen fasching feiert 😂

@zweispurmopped Жыл бұрын

You didn't just join Colonian carnival, you now are one from the Schääl Sick and will be thus all your life. 😊 Don't mention it when you are in Düsseldorf, though. Hostile territory!!1! 🤫

@votecthulhu9378 Жыл бұрын

did ... did he accidently join a gang or something?!?

@zweispurmopped Жыл бұрын

@@votecthulhu9378 YESSSSS!!1! 🤯

@milospollonia1121 Жыл бұрын

Rudloff abi

@antoni.1129 Жыл бұрын

That’s my teacher 😂

@Ray-lm4nj Жыл бұрын

Same 😂

@Mostrichkugel Жыл бұрын

Dass Orden "medal" und nicht "order" heißt, hätte man schon wissen können. Brant rätselt jetzt tagelang, was denn sein Befehl ist.

@Mostrichkugel Жыл бұрын

@@toatatoa Doch. Wenn er einen Orden im Sinne der Zugehörigkeit zu einem exklusiven Club meint wie Order of Bath oder Order of the British Empire, müsste dann der entsprechende Zusatz genannt werden.

@milospollonia1121 Жыл бұрын

lass rudloff in ruhe

@Mostrichkugel Жыл бұрын

@@milospollonia1121 Welchen Rudloff?

@stefanbeyer7391 Жыл бұрын

Rule 1 : Drink everything someone puts in ur Hand Rule 2 : Drink everything someone puts in ur Hand Rule 3 : .....

@Vallederking Ай бұрын

Team CFG🔥

@EngelinZivilBO Жыл бұрын

Carnival is just weird ngl I'll never got used to it

@TheAdrianaPolari Жыл бұрын

If he thinks that's madness, I would like to see his reaction in Rio Carnival.

@Supermatsch Жыл бұрын

This clip doesn't show the whole Cologne Carnival, just one single stage show. The real Carnival here in Cologne is on the streets for five days with a very big parade on Shrove Monday and many other little parades on Saturday, Sunday or Tuesday. This year the Shrove Monday parade took 8 hours. On the streets is the real madness. ;-)

@TheAdrianaPolari Жыл бұрын

@@Supermatsch Still, nothing can be compared to the Brazilian Carnival.

@dweuromaxx Жыл бұрын

As Timon said, this isn't the full picture of Carnival. It's Brant training for a stage ;). However, we'd love to see him amidst the madness of carnival in Brazil! Maybe next year!

@katii1997 Жыл бұрын

It's not a competion :)

@mediagirl Жыл бұрын

Heeeeey, to Germans this IS madness! *LOL* (But seriously, street Karneval and this indoor Karneval are two VERY distinct different sports. ;) )

@kamikazestryker Жыл бұрын

Koks in da nas Kölle Allaf ;)

@nicolasblume1046 Жыл бұрын

Did you also party in the streets? Thats much more fun than these boring Events!

@bsfoxo3329 Жыл бұрын

❤️🇩🇪❤️

@Izanuela22 Жыл бұрын

Oh yes…carneval… I lived in Mainz for 12 years… every year the whole city would reek of piss and vomit for four days… such lovely times…

@eedragonr6293 Жыл бұрын

Let 's start a little war between the Catholics and the Protestants. Oh Bismarck

@stapelchips6559 Жыл бұрын

3:17 verdünntes Wasser

@stephensmith3111 Жыл бұрын

Is it Cologne or Koln (viva Keith Jarrett!)?

@AndersHenke Жыл бұрын

Mostly all of this is correct 😉 Around 2000 years ago, when the Romans founded a settlement in this area, which shortly developed into the Roman-colonial city known as “Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium”. Over a long time, this name monstrosity was shortened to „Cologne“ (English) and „Köln“ (German) or „Kölle“ (the local dialect in Cologne).

@AndersHenke Жыл бұрын

Regarding the name thing in general, Cities often have a different name in their own language than what they’re being called in other languages. Think about “Munich” and “München”, “Venice” and “Venezia”, “Rome” and “Roma” or “Moscow” and “Moskva”. Or an even more special case: the German city of “Aachen” is known as “Aix-la-Chapelle” in French.

@12tanuha21 Жыл бұрын

Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium -> Colonia -> Coellen -> Cöllen -> Cölln and Cöln -> Köln

@goldflo91 Жыл бұрын

@@AndersHenke And "Regensburg" (Bavaria), called "Ratisbonne" in French, too

@dweuromaxx Жыл бұрын

Anders explained it perfectly!

@dragons4thchild Жыл бұрын

3:29 lies nothing but lies :D

@ShahidKhan-rx2ry Жыл бұрын

block systematicly jj regard tregade harmon:

@haze4622 Жыл бұрын

I hate Karneval.. Im working in a kindergarden and have to do the whole thing every year for days including town hall performances with the children. Is it weird that i love halloween though? Edit: Also, for an authentic experience, go to a Schützenhalle or Dorfdisse for karneval.

@Steven91637 Жыл бұрын

One thing about Germany I dont like is that germans are always so serious.take it easy Germany 😊

@dweuromaxx Жыл бұрын

Not taking things serious can be a serious thing here!😁

@Steven91637 Жыл бұрын

@@dweuromaxx so so 🧐

@Steven91637 Жыл бұрын

@@dweuromaxx Germany is a weird country

@Smudgie Жыл бұрын

Germany's official fun time. Jetzt wird Spass erlaubt!!! Danach, zurück in euer graues Leben.

@simonsays2774 Жыл бұрын

3:29...Nicht sein Ernst.

@steffenrosmus9177 Жыл бұрын

The most useless 3 days in the qhole year. Totally overrated. Organized happiness with an band playing special tunes during the speech to wake up the people and point out they have to laugh now. Typical for the Rhineland.

@SteveMarksMusic Жыл бұрын

Go party somewhere else, its carnage...