European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 9, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Costumed carnival cliques drumming up merriment during afternoon Parade in photos by Jim Cole Jiuu mingled from within by Candle Light and resting shoulders of four the lanterns Are painted fun at various sacred cows and o of w itts each clique member wears a differ what wonderful and joyously a slums they Here a or is in a 1 has the head of a rat and the body of a marches a creature with a Hawks head with of most of these anthropomorphic have had even old Hieronymus Bosch Hia head in delighted bad hours or so its de Rigour to repair to a Small pub to partake of the traditional i and Obliga wre else is served repast of mails upper Nour and quiche1110 Che Csc mask and wigs clutter the Floora As you Send l a morning chill fleeing Wilh spoonfuls of the Rich a made by Browning hour in thinning 11 news Suncy and then adding onions and Afier brr fast tiny Diegues form up set Only our me so buys that consist of a Lead lad his a diminutive dim nor and take a look at two Little urchins Pulline a Wagon Laden with their own handmade now is the Linw to fall in me behind one of the Cli ques and March Parade along the embark Mem of the fast flowing Rhine behind Pink and a purple rats playing Bach on their piccolos and its a memory Olu Catto the try to gel a few hours but make sure youre out in the streets again by and hustling off to find a Choice place to watch the next it starts at heres a tip although the Parade winds along a prescribed route through the narrow streets of downtown Basel and past the judges stand in the Market place youll find a belter Vantage Point if you head across the Middle Rhine Bridge to Klein the afternoon parades arc a different creature Alto either from what you have seen in the the cliques Are but gone Are the individual instead All the members of a clique Wear the same gel ups while the cliques themselves wage Battles against one an other in terms of imagination and outrageousness the with its Many lasts until 7 that eve Ning and while the fifes and Drums a new Musi Cal element joins up in the form of brass bands playing the music sounds awful like a record played at half Speed and it is meant to since the boys in he bands practice All year to get just the right As the parades pass be on your toes lest you get a fistful of confetti jammed Down the Back of your Shin by an exuberant get smashed on the Noggin by an Orange heaved from one of the come if you still Haven had take yourself off to one of Iho Many masked balls in town or go to a restaurant to watch wandering groups make the rounds with their humorous posters to which they sing satirical chances Are you wont have a clue to what tic arc but the everyone is Havinga Ball atmosphere is tuesday la a relatively quiet Day far recharging your although there Are Nugyen Hiattt concerts at again in even though there is no Early morning the Lake to the streets and Parade from j to 7 its guaranteed that once youve experienced bases fasnacht the sounds of the cliques will Echo in your cars far Days to its for Haven you just married to the sound of different Drums Cra the stars and stripes Page 15