Carnaval (cette fête dure cinq jours commençant à la date indiquée) Jeudi 31 Janvier 2008 (la date change selon les années)
*In Cologne, "Crazy Days" have been prepared since November. People wear costumes. Girls try to cut men's neckties.
A second carnival is dedicated to ghosts and ends with the burning of "Nubbel", a straw figure. **In Cologne only