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 ...