Appending to Carnival...
I recently found this in a stack of things I still don't know what I should do with...It is the Dutch take on Carnival and somewhat humorous and came from a student magazine for exchange kids like us. I swear, I won't mention Carnvival again.
Carnival Explained
You guys are really lucky that you are here in Maastricht in this semester because the nicest event of the whole year is about to happen. We Dutch people (especially from this Southern region) are already looking forward to this event for months. I am talking about Carnival. You are probably wondering what Carnival is. Well let me explain it to you real quick. Carnival is drinking and partying for three days long until the morning begins, dressed up as a fool. Well you can dress up whatever you like, but the main part is the drinking. We have some parades with people walking through town with a big group, dressed like for example a butterfly or a bee or like Bob the Builder. The group who has the best costume gets a prize and after that....more drinking!
For us youngsters it is almost impossible to go and watch the parade because we are still drunk and tired of the night before but it is real nice for families to go and watch with their children. The Carnival starts this year at the sixth of February and ends at the eight of February. For the real die hards among, it starts at Saturday the fifth and ends on Wednesday. I think you will have to have a great condition and a very big wallet to make it last for this long!
Carnival is not only a time of drinking very much very long, but it is also a time to meet new friends (read girlfriend or boyfriend). Because of the great amount of alcohol everybody consumes, people dare to walk to that guy or girl that they have been looking at all night. Everybody thinks, well its Carnival so why not. Unfortunately these relationships normally do not last that long. Actually only for three days (until Carnival is over). Well I hope that you have become very enthusiastic about Carnival.
Carnival Explained
You guys are really lucky that you are here in Maastricht in this semester because the nicest event of the whole year is about to happen. We Dutch people (especially from this Southern region) are already looking forward to this event for months. I am talking about Carnival. You are probably wondering what Carnival is. Well let me explain it to you real quick. Carnival is drinking and partying for three days long until the morning begins, dressed up as a fool. Well you can dress up whatever you like, but the main part is the drinking. We have some parades with people walking through town with a big group, dressed like for example a butterfly or a bee or like Bob the Builder. The group who has the best costume gets a prize and after that....more drinking!
For us youngsters it is almost impossible to go and watch the parade because we are still drunk and tired of the night before but it is real nice for families to go and watch with their children. The Carnival starts this year at the sixth of February and ends at the eight of February. For the real die hards among, it starts at Saturday the fifth and ends on Wednesday. I think you will have to have a great condition and a very big wallet to make it last for this long!
Carnival is not only a time of drinking very much very long, but it is also a time to meet new friends (read girlfriend or boyfriend). Because of the great amount of alcohol everybody consumes, people dare to walk to that guy or girl that they have been looking at all night. Everybody thinks, well its Carnival so why not. Unfortunately these relationships normally do not last that long. Actually only for three days (until Carnival is over). Well I hope that you have become very enthusiastic about Carnival.
posted by Unknown at Monday, February 21, 2005
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