Carnival of cultures dances via Berlin-Friedrichshain | EUROtoday

The conventional street parade is the spotlight of the four-day carnival of cultures in Berlin-Friedrichshain. According to the organizer, virtually 70 teams are there and lots of guests create a exuberant ambiance.

With the normal street parade, the spotlight of the 4 -day carnival of cultures will happen in Berlin on Sunday – not for the primary time in Kreuzberg and Neukölln, however in Friedrichshain.

The transfer began round 1:30 p.m. on the Frankfurter Allee / Proskauer Straße intersection and strikes over Karl-Marx-Allee. It ends within the Karl-Marx-Allee / Berolina Straße space. The final group is anticipated to start out shifting round 7 p.m.

Many guests on the route – exuberant temper

According to the organizers, 68 teams with round 4,000 actors are there for the primary time this 12 months. “Others have been there for 20 years and longer,” stated Anna-Maria Seifert, co-director of the Carnival of Cultures. 22 teams consist completely of Berliners, others get reinforcements from different federal states.

Many guests gathered on the brand new route. In order to safe a great place on the shifting route, a variety of friends had already come within the morning. The police and organizers spoke of a peaceable and exuberant temper. In advance, the organizers anticipated round 650,000 onlookers. Current numbers had been initially not obtainable. According to the police, the variety of guests was within the “six -figure area”.

After a downpour earlier than the transfer began, it normally stayed dry. However, there have been sturdy gusts of wind.

Towed greater than 100 automobiles

Drivers must anticipate restrictions on Frankfurter Allee and Karl-Marx-Allee all Sunday. The Transport Information Center (VIZ) Berlin has summarized all closures right here [viz.berlin.de].

In the run -up to the transfer, the police towed round 125 incorrectly parked autos. The route has been checked and automobiles have been carried out since early morning, as a police spokeswoman stated. Due to a parking violation, the homeowners must anticipate an administrative offense process, and there’s additionally an bill for the towing prices.

The transfer to the east of Berlin was not fully voluntary: the carnival was pressured to discover a completely different route via a big development web site on Gneisenustraße – the unique route.

Large contingent of the police – Appeal due to Environmental publicity

The Berlin police accompany the multicultural spectacle on day by day with “extensive police measures”. Among different issues, numerous barrages on entry roads and facet streets are supposed to guard guests from potential amoking or terrorist assaults. On the transfer day, 1,500 civil servants will probably be on web site, as a police spokesman stated. To assist, law enforcement officials from Brandenburg, North Rhine-Westphalia and Saxony. The Johanniter’s medical service will even be there alongside the shifting monitor.

In order to maintain the burden on the surroundings and for residents as little as potential, the organizer appeals to keep away from rubbish as potential or to eliminate it correctly. There ought to be no glass bottles, cigarette butts mustn’t land on the ground. Food is accessible on leaf plate as a substitute of plastic and drinks in reusable cups. After the transfer, a “clean-up” of individuals and guests is deliberate on Whit Monday.

The organizers don’t ask the medium strip alongside the brand new shifting route. Because it is a crucial habitat for vegetation and bug species, as it’s referred to as.

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Street competition till Monday round Kreuzberger Blücherplatz

The road competition for the Carnival of Cultures started on Friday. On Saturday, the youngsters’s street parade moved from Mariannenplatz in Kreuzberg to Görlitzer Park. The outside competition round Kreuzberger Blucherplatz lasts till Whit Monday and is utilized by round 700 artists and musicians this 12 months.

The Carnival of Cultures has its origins in 1996. As a results of racism and quite a few assaults, it ought to be an indication of variety and peaceable coexistence.

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