Germany: Mainz carnival parade pokes political fun at world leaders

W/S Clown float, Mainz
M/S Clown float
M/S Jesters with flags
M/S Jester waving flag at crowd
M/S Attendee dancing
M/S Parade participants marching
M/S Attendees in costume waving
W/S British Queen and Prime Minister Boris Johnson float
M/S British Queen and Prime Minister Boris Johnson float
M/S Costumed participants playing drums
M/S Residents from balcony with banner saying, (German): "Holidays until the doctor comes," and "Nonsense instead of Corona."
M/S Costumed participants drumming
W/S Costumed participants on horses
M/S Attendees in fancy dress
W/S Costumed participants on horses
M/S Participants on floats and holding sign saying, "Monday's for future, we really row for climate neutrality forever."
W/S Participants on floats and holding sign saying, "Oh blazing fire, lifted and carried away; Like Nero once delighted in; Trump tweets himself his world; in which he himself as Ceasar holds."
M/S US President Donald Trump float
M/S Float with poem
M/S German Chancellor Merkel float
W/S Merkel float
W/S Russian President Vladimir Putin Putin and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan flat. Poem saying, (German): "Putin's Tank Journey: There once was an Erdogan, he dreamed he would be a tank driver. Of course he managed, that we see, the power obsessed Vladimir."
M/S Putin and Erdogan float
W/S Putin and Erdogan float drive through crowd
M/S Merkel float
W/S Participants with flags
W/S Participants with flags
W/S Float with tractor
M/S Float
M/S Attendees in fancy dress
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Mainz's infamous Rosenmontag carnival began on Monday and poked fun at political world leaders including Russian President Putin and German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
Floats making fun of Brexit with caricatures of the Queen and Boris Johnson could be seen, as participants drummed and marched in costumes and fancy dress.
There were also various satirical poems painted on floats, including one comparing US President Trump to Roman emperor Nero, saying "Oh blazing fire, lifted and carried away; Like Nero once delighted in; Trump tweets himself his world; in which he himself as Caesar holds."
The carnival traditionally lasts for six days, ending just before the start of Lent.