Carneval Parade (13/01/2007)

 

ON THE 13th OF JANUARY 2007 A GROUP OF SOUTH AFRICAN STUDENTS WERE
INVITED TO ATTEND A CARNEVAL PARADE IN PFÄFFINGEN.WHAT WE DIDN'T KNOW,
HOWEVER, WAS THAT THIS WAS DEFINAITELY NOT THE CARNEVAL WE ARE USED TO. NO,
THIS WAS SOMETHING REALLY DIFFERENT TO WHAT WE ALL HAD IN MIND OR RATHER
OF HOW WE DEFINE A CARNEVAL TO BE. WE ALL EXPECTED TO SEE AND GO ON
RIDES; THE BIG WHEEL FOR EXAMPLE, LIKE WE DO IT IN SOUTH AFRICA.BUT WHAT
WE GOT WAS EVEN BETTER THAN WHAT WE EXPECTED. WHEN WE GOT TO THE
CARNEVAL PARADE, THE MAJORITY OF THE PEOPLE WERE DRESSED UP IN RATHER WEIRED
COSTUMES WITH REALLY UGLY MASKS. THERE WHERE DIFFERENT CLUBS WHO EACH
HAVE THEIR OWN THEMES AND THEIR COSTUMES MATCHED WITH THESE
THEMES.THERE WAS A CLUB THAT HAD A MEXICAN THEME, THERE WERE WITCHES AND EVEN
A CLUB THAT HAD CARROTS AS THEIR THEME AND MUCH, MUCH MORE. THE CROWDS
STOOD ON THE PAVEMENT IN A LONG STREET WAITING FOR THE CLUBS TO
PASS US BY. WHEN THEY STARTED TO PARADE THEY WERE REALLY SCARY. THEY WOULD
COME UP TO THE PEOPLE AND PLAY WITH THEM, OR AT LEAST WHAT THEY DEFINE
PLAY, BECAUSE SOME OF THEIR COSTUMES WHERE SO SCARY, THEY WHERE JUST
TRYING TO BE FRIENDLY, BUT SOME OF THE 'WITCHES' REALLY SCARED THE DAY
LIGHT OUT OF A FEW PEOPLE. IT WAS A GREAT EXPERIENCE AND ONE I’M SURE
EVERYONE WILL REMEMBER. IT IS SOMETHING UNUSUAL TO US BUT DEFINITELY AN
EVENT WHICH WAS ENJOYED BY EACH AND EVERY SINGLE PERSON.
SO TO NEXT YEAR’S GROUP I SAY-"ENJOY EVERY SINGLE MINUTE OF THIS EVENT2
BECAUSE, THE CARNEVAL PARADES YOU SEE ON TV ARE NOTHING COMPARED TO WHAT
YOU WILL EXPERIENCE IN REAL LIFE."
WE SAY MANY THANKS TO ALL WHO WERE INVOLVED IN PLANNING THIS EVENT FOR
US. EVERY MOMENT WAS ENJOYED.

JUDY LATELL