What is fasching?

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Tod

It is like Mardi Gras, the culimation of the Catholic celebration leading up to lent.

"A carnival is a public celebration or parade combining some elements of a circus and public street party, generally during the Carnival Season. Carnival is traditionally a Roman Catholic and, to a lesser extent, Christian Orthodox celebration. Most Protestant and non-Christian areas do not celebrate it, with some Fundamentalist Protestant groups condemning the celebration, although the word carnival has passed into the vernacular and taken on secular meanings in most areas of the Western world.
he Carnival Season is a holiday period during the two weeks before the traditional Christian fast of Lent. The origin of the name "Carnival" is unclear as there are several theories. The most commonly known theory states that the name comes from the Italian carne- or carnovale, from Latin carnem (meat) + levare (lighten or raise), literally "to remove the meat" or "stop eating meat". It has also been claimed that it comes from the Latin words caro (meat) and vale (farewell), hence "Farewell to meat". (Or, of course, farewell to the flesh, letting go of the earthly bodily you) Yet another theory states that it originates from the Latin carrus navalis, which was some kind of Greek cart carrying a statue of a god in a religious procession at the annual festivities in honour of the god Apollo. Most commonly the season began on Septuagesima, the third from the last Sunday before Ash Wednesday, but in some places it started as early as Twelfth Night, continuing until Lent. This period of celebration and partying had its origin in the need to use up all remaining meat and animal products such as eggs and butter before the fasting season. The celebration of Carnival ends on "Mardi Gras" (French for "Fat Tuesday", meaning Shrove Tuesday), the day before Ash Wednesday, when the rigours of Lent's 40 days of fasting and sacrifice begin. It sometimes lasts until PiÃ±ata Weekend, the first Saturday and Sunday of Lent."

HorB

http://german.about.com/library/blfrtage_web02b.htm

sweet_liz_87

So, all it is: It starts on the 11th of November at 11.11.11 o clock and it goes until end of february. Sure it has somthing to do with religion and so, but nowadays everyone just celebrates all crazy, you dress up as a clown for example and then go to a party. There are big partys in tents, like the october fest...
"die fasten-zeit" is that time, where you don't really eat, especially no meat, something to do with jesus...
i hope that helps a little maybe someone can tell you the history facts!

rocky

its a cool german fest thats kinda like american haloween, just without the spooky stuff. everyone gets dressed up, drinks beer together, and goes to parades and stuff

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