Come See Me: Carnival of Cultures Parade in Berlin

Berlin is a city with a large international population. Among the 3.4 million inhabitants of the German capital 450.000 do not have the German citizen-ship. Many more have a mixed ethnic background.

The idea of a carnival which presents the cultural and ethnic diversity of Berlin was developed in 1995, i.e. at a time when – as a consequence to the political and economic changes since the fall of the Berlin Wall and the unification of the two German states – a lot of social, economic and cultural changes happened

At the same period of time, Berlin attracted a growing number of artists from all over the world and a new cultural off-scene developed, which added to the cultural richness of Berlin.

Now the carnival attracts more than a million visitors each year and this year I am part of the Rainbow Snake team (No. 83)

In fact I’m dead tired right now, because we have been working on the snake head for three days now and will continue to do so until Sunday, the day of the parade. The snake head team consits of:

Arcturus Ra

Alex Blau

Yamile Yemoonyah (me)

Wanna know the story of the Rainbow Snake? Well, come and see us Sunday May, 31 in Berlin at the parade (or wait till next week when I will post the pics I took and will also tell the story).

More info here .

pictures of last year’s Karneval der Kulturen (2008)

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