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***image1***Fasching is a pre-Lenten Carnival season when people get to loosen up and go a little crazy.
It is compared to the American Mardi Gras. Fasching is an annual festival used as a way of driving out the evil spirits of winter and encouraging the coming of spring and good crops. Various events were held this week, including Ramstein-
Miesenbach’s Fasching parade Feb. 5.
The Ramstein-Miesenbach parade is known as the biggest in the Westpfalz area.
(Clockwise from top left) Parade participants in their decorated float look for children to throw candy to; People dress up to celebrate Fasching in Ramstein village Feb. 5; Staff at Landstuhl Elementary and Middle School welcomed their new assistant principal, Steve Austin, by initiating him into the German tradition of “der Weiberfastnacht” (Women’s Carnival) Jan. 31.
***image2***In keeping with tradition, the women of the school play pranks on the men, including cutting off their ties; Young girls dance in the streets of Ramstein village to celebrate Fasching Feb. 5; A member of the U.S. Air Forces in Europe Band bangs his drum as he marches through the streets of Ramstein village during the Fasching celebration on Feb. 5.
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