#german customs

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get ace attorney'd

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But it’s actually Christmas for me today 😉

It’s the 24th December, I am German, we start celebrating today (and get our presents tonight).

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Don't wear a tie today in Germany (at least not one you want to keep)

The foolish days of this year's carnival season start today with Women's Carnival. In the strongholds of carnival, women storm the town halls and cut off the ties of the officials. The tie of the mayor is the highest trophy. But also on the streets, ties are not safe. Some men, however, use this opportunity to get rid of their ugliest ties. Some female mayors and officials support the fun and wear ties themselves – after all, the idea of carnival is the temporary reversal of power from the official government to the common people.

[now-winter-comes-slowly]

Epiphany House Blessing With Chalk

The Church has a custom of blessing homes on the Feast of the Epiphany (January 6) and the weeks following. Family and friends gather to ask God’s blessing on their homes and those who live in or v…

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Easter in Germany - 10 ways to celebrate just like a local

Whether it's setting giant rolling wheels ablaze, or decorating their 'Easter trees', Germans have some quite amusing traditions to entertain themselves during Easter.

Whether it's setting giant rolling wheels ablaze, or decorating their 'Easter trees', Germans have some quite amusing traditions to entertain themselves during Easter.

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Karfreitag (Good Friday) and the prohibition to dance

Karfreitag (Good Friday), the day when the big Christian confessions in Germany commemorate the crucifixion of Jesus Christ, is a national holiday in Germany, protected by law. As Good Friday is one of the ‘Silent Holidays’, special rules apply. These rules are known as ‘Tanzverbot’, the prohibition to dance. It means that public events with the purpose to play music and dance are generally prohibited. But also festivals with alcoholic drinks or sports events are not allowed. Concerts are also illegal unless they serve for the purpose of ‘religious or spiritual elation’. Music must not be played in pubs and restaurants. The regulations vary from state to state and tend to be stricter in the catholic south and more liberal in the formerly East German states.

Some antireligious, freethinking, and humanist groups frequently criticize the prohibition to dance as anachronistic and irreconcilable with the separation of religion and state. The state should not dictate what to do or to let be on specific dates. However, polls over the last couple of years have consistently shown that this is a minority opinion of about 1/3 of the population. More than 50 % vowed to keep these regulations, which vary slightly from state to state, in place. The discussion is brought up every year on Good Friday because it is the only remaining silent holiday day where the ‘Tanzverbot’ applies all day long in most states (exceptions are Berlin, Bremen, Hamburg, and Schleswig-Holstein). On all other silent holidays, the rules don’t apply all day long, but are limited to to certain hours of the day.

[now-winter-comes-slowly]

Frau Perchta, the Belly-Slitter - Bone and Sickle

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Germany Customs Seizes 4.5 Tons of Cocaine Worth US$1.1 Billion

BERLIN – Germany’s customs service said Friday (Aug 2) it had seized a 4.5 tons cocaine shipment, the country’s largest ever, with an estimated street value of one billion euros (US$1.1 billion).

The cocaine was discovered two weeks ago in a Netherlands-bound shipping container from Uruguay during a search in the northern port city of Hamburg, they said.

When customs agents opened the container, which according to the manifesto was loaded with soybeans, they found more than 200 sports bags packed with over 4,200 packages of compressed cocaine.

The customs office in Hamburg says that the drugs were seized two weeks ago when it checked the container that was en route from Montevideo to Antwerp, Belgium

The 4.5 tons surpassed total seizures of 3.8 tons made in Hamburg in 2017.

“This enormous quantity represents the largest single seizure of cocaine in Germany,” said the customs service in a statement.

“Assuming that this probably very pure cocaine can be diluted to triple the amount for street sale, the 4.5 tons have a street value of approximately one billion euros.”

The service said that “the cocaine seized has already been destroyed in secret and under extensive security precautions”.

In June of this year more than $1 billion worth of cocaine has been seized at a Philadelphia Port.

They say the drug bust netted approximately 16.5 tons of the narcotic from a cargo ship docked at the Packer Marine Terminal.

It is the largest cocaine bust in history in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania and the third largest in U.S. history.

The DEA official said the ship originated from Chile and traveled through Panama and the Bahamas.

Two members of the crew have been arrested and face federal charges, according to The Associated Press.

Source: News24

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Boßeln is a popular game in northern Germany, predominantly played during winter time, which sometimes involves entire village communities. The objective is to cover a certain distance while throwing a ball, using as little throws as possible. As the game lasts several hours and the distance can be quite long, people carry a handcart with provisions with them, oftentimes containing a good amount of alcohol. The traditional meal after the walk is kale with sausage, smoked pork chops, and potatoes.