The blue, quasi-military uniforms of Cologne’s Carnival corps, for example, were first worn in the early nineteenth century to mock Napoleon Bonaparte, whose troops occupied the banks of the Rhine.

A head of Carnival celebrations kicking off in Germany on Thursday, the Islamic State militant group called for attacks ...

The Cologne Carnival is a big festival - but is this seasonal event important in Melbourne? It is! Here are a lot of Carnival events. How do they celebrate here? Jasmine Berger talks to the ...

Traditionally Carnival is celebrated with the greatest passion in the Rhineland where cities like Cologne, Dusseldorf and Mainz host massive festivals, and in Southwest Germany, home to ...