Carnaval is a big deal here. Friday through Tuesday (or even Wednesday), and a whole week off of school for the kids and the university. Evening activities generally consist of drinking, so we made a point to be home by late afternoon (we don’t drink and weren’t excited for that aspect). But, morning stuff was fun!
Our town (Molenschot) takes Carnaval very seriously, starting with changing the name of the town!
Our neighbor gave us a flag to fly. The name of the town for those 5 days: Papslokkersgat.
Friday morning the kids had a parade. The schools had been preparing for this parade for weeks.
On Saturday, the adults had their turn for a parade. I should point out that we live in a town with a population of about 1000 people. I wouldn’t have thought they could muster a parade of this size, but they did! People came with floats from neighboring towns as well.
There were around 25 floats or other groups. Some were huge: dozens of people or 20 foot high floats pushed by tractors. Others were more modest, but still an impressive amount of work!
Overall, it was a fun weekend!
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